| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum pilosellum Less. trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Syn. Gen. Compos.: 297 (1832) |
| Native Range | Zambia and Zimbabwe to Southern Africa |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Altitude | 30-2800m |
| Description | leaves basal, broadly ovate, acute, 15-50mm, adaxially scabrous-hirsute, abaxially white pilose, 5-9-veined, scape lanate, capitula 5mm across in cyme |
| Size | 10-50cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | 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 latifolium Thunb. Gnaphalium pilosellum L.f. Gnaphalium plantagineum Burm.f. Helichrysum latifolium (Thunb.) Less. Helichrysum nudifolium var. pilosellum (L.f.) Beentje Helichrysum pedunculare DC. Helichrysum pedunculare var. pilosellum (L.f.) Harv. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (ZAM Zambia, ZIM Zimbabwe) 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |