| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum arenarium (L.) Moench trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Synonyms | Gnaphalium arenarium L. |
| Helichrysum buchtormense DC. | |
| Helichrysum eichwaldii Boiss. & Buhse | |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 250-3200m |
| Description | basal leaves in rosette, lanceolate-oblong, 5-7cm long, densely white hirsute, stem leaves shorter and more narrow, capitula hemispherical, 4-5mm long, in corymbose cluster |
| Size | 10-60cm |
| Color | orange, red, yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Europe
Northern Europe (Denmark , Norway , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Belgium , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Netherlands ) Asia-Temperate |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ASTERACEAE
arenarium erzincanicum P.H.Davis & Kupicha, ibid.
arenarium ponticum Velen.
arenarium rubicundum (K.Koch) P.H.Davis & Kupicha, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33(2): 239 (1974)
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