| Mairia | |
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| Mairia crenata, photo: Nicola van Berkel | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Subtribe: | Mairiinae G.L.Nesom |
| Genus: | Mairia Nees |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mairia is a genus of perennial herbaceous plants assigned to the family Asteraceae. All species have leathery, entire or toothed leaves in rosettes, directly from the underground rootstock, and one or few flower heads sit at the top of the stems that carry few bracts. These have a whorl of white to mauve ray florets surrounding yellow disc florets in the centre. In general, flowering only occurs after the vegetation has burned down. The six species currently assigned to Mairia are endemic to the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa.[2] Some of the species are called fire daisy in English and vuuraster in Afrikaans.[3]
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
- ^ Herman, P.P.J.; Zinnecker-Wiegand, U. (2016). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Mairia (Asteraceae, Astereae) in South Africa". South African Journal of Botany. 105: 45–60. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2016.02.202.
- ^ Manning, John (2018). Field Guide to Fynbos. Penguin Random House South Africa. ISBN 9781775845911.