Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G.Don


Family	ASTERACEAE
Genus species	Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G.Don trib. Gnaphalieae
Synonyms	Gnaphalium italicum Roth
	Helichrysum angustissimum Grande
	Helichrysum numidicum Pomel
Habitat	dry, sandy grassland
Description	leaves narrowly linear, 2-5cm long, tomentose, capitula cylindrical to narrowly campanulate, 2-4mm across, numerous, in compact corymbose fascicle
Size	40-50cm
Color	yellow
Bloom	summer
Ca
Type	subshrub
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	Europe Southwestern Europe (Corse , France , Sardegna ) Southeastern Europe (Greece , Italy , Yugoslavia ) Africa Northern Africa (Algeria , Morocco ) Asia-Temperate Western Asia (Cyprus , East Aegean Is. , Turkey)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	ASTERACEAE Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G.Don, Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 342 (1830) Basionym: Gnaphalium italicum Roth, Roem. & Ust. Mag. 4(10): 19 (1790) ============================================================================= italicum typicum ined. Synonyms: Gnaphalium angustissimum Mill. Gnaphalium chrysocomum Mill. Gnaphalium siculum Tineo Gnaphalium stoechas Sibth. & Sm. Helichrysum angustissimum Grande Helichrysum argyreum Jord. & Fourr. Helichrysum numidicum Pomel Helichrysum stoechas numidicum (Pomel) Batt. Medit. 12 COR FRA SAR 13 ITA GRC ITA YUG 20 ALG MOR 34 CYP EAI TUR italicum ericoideum Fiori, Fl. Italia [Fiori & al.] 3: 283 (1904) Italy 13 ITA italicum microphyllum (Willd.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 382 (1879) Basionym: Gnaphalium microphyllum Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3: 1863 (1803) Synonyms: Helichrysum microphyllum (Willd.) Cambess. Greece, Aegean Islands 13 GRC KRI 34 EAI italicum picardii (Boiss. & Reut.) Franco, Nova Fl. Portugal 2: 371 (1984) Basionym: Helichrysum picardii Boiss. & Reut., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2. 3(6): 103 (1859) Synonyms: Helichrysum serotinum picardii (Boiss. & Reut.) Galbany & al. Helichrysum picardii virescens Valdes Bern. w. Medit. 12 POR SPA 20 MOR talicum pseudolitoreum Fiori, Fl. Italia [Fiori & al.] 3: 283 (1904) Synonyms: Helichrysum pseudolitoreum (Fiori) Brullo Sardinia, Italy 12 SAR 13 ITA italicum serotinum (Boiss.) P.Fourn., Quatre Fl. France 952 (1940) Basionym: Helichrysum serotinum Boiss., Voy. Bot. Espagne 2: 329 (1840) Synonyms: Helichrysum chloroticum Jord. & Fourr. Helichrysum hispanicum Jord. & Fourr. Helichrysum italicum libanotis (Jord. & Fourr.) O.Bolós & Vigo Helichrysum leptophyllum Jord. & Fourr. Helichrysum libanotis Jord. & Fourr. w. Medit. 12 BAL FRA POR SPA 20 ALG italicum siculum (Jord. & Fourr.) Galbany & al., Canad. J. Bot. 84(8): 1225 (2006) Basionym: Helichrysum siculum Jord. & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 67 (1868) Italy, Sicilia, Tunisia 13 ITA SIC 20 TUN italicum tyrrhenicum (Bacch. & al.) Herrando & al., Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 35(e009): 19 (2016) Basionym: Helichrysum microphyllum tyrrhenicum Bacch. & al., Feddes Repert. 116(3-4): 272 (2005) Baleares, Corsica. Sardinia 12 BAL COR SAR