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| October 2008 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
October 2008 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
October 2008 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
| Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
| Scientific name | Aster yomena (Kitamura) Honda var. dentatus (Kitamura) H. Hara |
| Synonyms | Kalimeris pinnatifida (Maximovicz ex Makino) Kitamura var. dentata Kitamura; Kalimeris pseudoyomena Kitamura; Kalimeris yomena (Kitamura) Kitamura var. dentata (Kitamura) H. Y. Gu |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) kanto yome-na (カントウヨメナ, 関東嫁菜 [meaning: Kanto region bride salad greens]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Kanto region, Tohoku region) |
| (Other nations) none | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=63 |
| Description | Plants 60-120cm tall. Flowers capitulums pale blue purple 2.5-3cm across, flowering in July to October. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | On Kalimeris pseudoyomena KITAMURA |
| Nomenclatural Changes in Kalimeris : towards a Revision of Asian Aster and Allied Genera | |
| Note | Many authors describe that Kalimeris yomena (syn. Aster yomena (Kitamura) Honda) occurs only in Western Japan and Kalimeris pseudoyomena Kitamura occurs only in Northern Japan. However some authors describe that Kalimeris pseudoyomena is a synonym of Kalimeris yomena. |
| Kalimeris yomena Kitamura (2n=63) is thought to be a natural hybrid of Kalimeris incisa (Fischer) de Candolle (2n=72) and Kalimeris indica (L.) Schultz Bipontinus (2n=54). |
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| October 2008 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
October 2008 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
October 2008 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
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| October 2008 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
