Asteraceae FAMILY

Kalimeris incisa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Kalimeris incisa is a herbaceous, perennial plant producing a cluster of erect, branched stems 30 - 120cm tall[ 628 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Volume 84 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 1997 ISBN Description Includes a treatment of the genus Styrax in Central America. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is often grown as an ornamental[ 628 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Volume 84 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 1997 ISBN Description Includes a treatment of the genus Styrax in Central America. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Russian Far East, northeast China, Japan, Korea

HabitatMeadows and waste ground in lowland[ 58 Title Flora of Japan. (English translation) Publication Author Ohwi. G. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Year 1965 ISBN - Description The standard work. Brilliant, but not for the casual reader. ]. Relatively mesic, semi-open secondary-growth forests, in meadows, and along margins of mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests, rarely along dry roadsides; at elevations up to 900 metres[ 628 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Volume 84 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 1997 ISBN Description Includes a treatment of the genus Styrax in Central America. ].