| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum spiralepis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 199 (1981) |
| Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho and Swaziland |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | thickets and steppes |
| Altitude | 0-2900m |
| Description | densely white lanate, leaves obovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, 3-nerved, on base of stem dense, apically remote, capitula numerous, crowded in dense, lanate clusters |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white, rose, purple |
| 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 | Eriosphaera dubia DC. Gnaphalium connatum Spreng. Gnaphalium scabrum L. Gnaphalium squarrosum L. Helichrysum involucratum Klatt Leontonyx squarrosus (L.) DC. Leontonyx tomentosus Cass. Spiralepis squarrosa (L.) D.Don |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |