| Mairia coriacea | |
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| Photos: Tony Rebelo and Nick Helme | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Mairia |
| Species: | M. coriacea
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| Binomial name | |
| Mairia coriacea | |
Mairia coriacea is a perennial plant assigned to the family Asteraceae. It has broad, tough and leathery, evergreen leaves. These have a narrowed foot and an entire margin or a few shallow, irregular teeth. They grow in a rosette directly from the rootstock. The plant produces flower heads with one whorl of white to mauve ray florets around many yellow disc florets, with one or few on top of a dark reddish, woolly stalk. Flower heads appear after the overhead vegetation burnt down, often destroying the leaves in the process.[2] It can be found in the southern mountains of South Africa's Western Cape province. It is called leather leaves in English.[2]
- ^ "Mairia coriacea Bolus". The Plantlist.
- ^ a b "Mairia coriacea". Fernkloof Nature Reserve.