| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum petraeum Hilliard trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 263 (1982) |
| Native Range | KwaZulu-Natal to Swaziland |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 1300-1900m |
| Description | stems procumbent, lanate, leafy, basal leaves in rosette, linear, acute, mucronate, amplexicaule, grey lanate, stem leaves lanceolate, acute, glabrescent, capitula solitary |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 spring |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal, SWZ Swaziland) |