What’s this pretty little flower’s name? It’s an aster, the genus is Kalimeris, from the sunflower family. It was first described in 1825 by the French botanist Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini.
Some of the new additions to my garden are finally blooming: my reward for keeping them watered during the dry spell we had this summer.
I used a picture of one of the pretty new flowers, to test one of the visual recognition smart phone apps that helps identify plants by their flowers. This one is called myGardenAnswers, but there are several others such as Plantnet, LeafSnap, NatureGate and iPflanzen.
This app’s name is myGardenAnswers. From left to right – 1. I selected the photo option. 2. The picture top right is from my garden. Yes! The image matching engine found a match. 3. More information about the aster (kalimeris). Hmm, yes. Better keep the soil watered, it’s needs moisture in the ground!
