| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum arenarium (L.) Moench trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Methodus: 575 (1794) |
| Native Range | Europe to Mongolia and Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 250-3200m |
| Description | basal leaves in rosette, lanceolate-oblong, 5-7cm long, densely white hirsute, stem leaves shorter and more narrow, capitula hemispherical, 4-5mm long, in corymbose cluster |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | orange, red, yellow |
| Bloom | 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 |
| Synonyms | Cyttarium arenarium (L.) Peterm. Gnaphalium adscendens Thunb. Gnaphalium arenarium L. Gnaphalium arenarium var. angustifolium Boenn. Gnaphalium arenarium var. ignescens Lej. Gnaphalium aureum Gilib. Gnaphalium buchtormense Sch.Bip. Gnaphalium elichrysum Pall. Gnaphalium graveolens Henning Gnaphalium ignescens L. Gnaphalium prostratum Patrin ex DC. Helichrysum buchtormense DC. Helichrysum corymbiforme Opperm. ex Katina Helichrysum eichwaldii Boiss. & Buhse Helichrysum ignescens (L.) D.Don ex G.Don Stoechas citrina Gueldenst. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, KRY Krym, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |