title: Calomeria
text: # Calomeria
  
  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).
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  The genus was first formally described by E.P. Ventenat in Jardin de la Malmaison in 1804.
  
  