| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum citrispinum Delile trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2. 20: 93 (1843) |
| Native Range | Ethiopia to e. Tropical Africa |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Description | grey lanate, yellow spinose, leaves linear, to 1cm long, crowded at apex of branchlets, capitula 1cm across, with patent, petaloid bracts |
| Size | 25-35cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Gnaphalium citrispinum (Delile) Schweinf. & Aschers. Gnaphalium spinosum (DC.) Sch.Bip. Helichrysum spinosum Sch.Bip. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 24 Northeast Tropical Africa (ETH Ethiopia) 25 East Tropical Africa (KEN Kenya, TAN Tanzania, UGA Uganda) |