| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum montanum DC. trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 186 (1838) |
| Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 1400-2700m |
| Description | branchlets crowded, densely leafy, leaves to 3cm, subspathulate, obtuse, densely grey-white lanate, spherical, numerous, in terminal panicle, phyllaries nitid |
| Size | 10-45cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| 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 late summer |
| Synonyms | Gnaphalium montanum (DC.) Sch.Bip. Helichrysum splendidum var. montanum (DC.) Harv. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |