| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum ammitophilum Hilliard |
| Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 250 (1982) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. to Lesotho and Free State |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 1600-1800m |
| Description | leaves imbricate, acute, mucronate, curvate, margins revolute, abaxially white tomentose, adaxially thin lanate, capitula oblong-campanulate, numerous, in terminal cluster |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | bright yellow |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, OFS Free State) |