| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum cerastoides DC. trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 171 (1838) |
| Native Range | Botswana to South Africa and Namibia |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 900-1700m |
| Description | branchlets densely lanate-pilose, leaves linear-oblong, to base tapered, obtuse, crowded, capitula 1-3, sessile, terminal, phyllaries glabrous, shiny, oblong, acute |
| Size | 2-10cm |
| Color | white, pinkish |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Gnaphalium cerastoides (DC.) Sch.Bip. Gnaphalium obvallatum (DC.) Sch.Bip. Helichrysum obvallatum DC. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (BOT Botswana, CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |