| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum capense Hilliard trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 200 (1981) |
| Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 600-1500m |
| Description | stems grey-white appresed lanate, densely leafy, leaves linear, acute, mucronate, grey-white lanate, capitula 3-4mm, in small corymbose clusters, surrounded by leaves |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Eriosphaera apiculata DC. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |