| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum dasycephalum O.Hoffm. trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 24: 299 (1910) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. to Lesotho and Free State |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 1000-2500m |
| Description | branchlets silvery-grey pilose, densely leafy, leaves small, rigid, to 2cm long, capitula in dense heads, involucral bracts lanate-hirsute, apex pale brown |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, OFS Free State) |