| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum auronitens Sch.Bip. |
| Bibliography | Flora 27: 680 (1844) |
| Native Range | Angola and Mosambique to Southern Africa |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | thickets and steppes |
| Altitude | 15-2700m |
| Description | grey-white appresed lanate, leaves to 2cm, oblong, obtuse, semiamplexicaule, flat, capitula campanulate in dense terminal heads, phyllaries imbricate, obtuse, eradiate |
| Size | 10-35cm |
| Color | yellow, yellow-brown |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Gnaphalium auronitens (Sch.Bip.) Sch.Bip. Helichrysum helodes Hiern |
| Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (ANG Angola, MOZ Mozambique) 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |