| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum deserticola Hilliard trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Description | branchlets grey lanate, leaves 4-10mm, elliptic-spathulate, acute, sometimes complicate and curvate, semiamplexicaule, densely white lanate, capitula in terminal clusters |
| Size | 2-6cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| 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 (Namibia) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ASTERACEAE
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