| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum sessilioides Hilliard trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32: 360 (1973) |
| Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 2000-3200m |
| Description | leaves 4-15mm, acute, densely imbricate, adaxially green, thinly, silvery pilose, abaxially white tomentose, capitula sessile, solitary, 2-3cm across, phyllaries patent, white |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | yellowish white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny 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 | Helichrysum aretioides Thell. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |