| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum obtusum (S.Moore) Moeser trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 200-1200m |
| Description | branchlets interlaced, white sericeous-lanate, leaves 4-10mm, broadly elliptic, semiamplexicaule, acute, curvate, white lanate-tomentose, capitula 1-3, terminal |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | golden-brown, whitish |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub, cushion |
| 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 |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces , Namibia , Free State) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ASTERACEAE
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