| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum spiciforme DC. trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 6: 171 (1838) |
| Native Range | Botswana to Cape Prov. and Namibia |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shruband |
| Habitat | sands |
| Altitude | 1000-1500m |
| Description | leaves sessile, linear, obtuse, margins revolute, densely lanate, capitula subsessile, lateral, forming spike, outer involucral bracts leaf-like |
| Size | 20-35cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Gnaphalium spiciforme (DC.) Sch. Bip. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (BOT Botswana, CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |