| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum teretifolium (L.) Sweet trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Synonyms | Gnaphalium teretifolium L. |
| Helichrysum tephrodes (Link) Sweet | |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 5-1600m |
| Description | leaves sessile, linear, rigid, mucronate, margins revolute, adaxially glabrescent, abaxially tomentose, capitula numerous, subsessile, in corymb, involucre spherical |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | brownish red |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | 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 (Cape Provinces , KwaZulu-Natal) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ASTERACEAE
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