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Calomeria

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Calomeria is a plant genus in the family Asteraceae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderAsterales
  5. FamilyAsteraceae
Native toEswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Victoria, Zimbabwe
Observations recorded1,420

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2
With media
1
Family
Asteraceae
Collections
MNHN
Recorded in
Nouvelle Hollande

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Description
  • Taxonomy
  • References

Calomeria is a plant genus in the family Asteraceae. Accepted species Calomeria africana (S.Moore) Heine - Mozambique Calomeria amaranthoides Vent. - New South Wales and Victoria in Australia formerly included several species now in other genera, including Basedowia, Cassinia, Helichrysum, Humeocline and Thiseltonia.

== Description == Calomeria amaranthoides is a tall, fragrant biennial herb, growing to 3.5 metres in height. It has sticky stems and leaves which are green above and whitish beneath and are up to 15 cm long and 5 cm wide. Its flowers appear in large brown to red plumes in the summer (January to April in its native range).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Calomeria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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