| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G.Don trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Hort. Brit. [J.C.Loudon]: 342 (1830) |
| Native Range | Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | leaves narrowly linear, 2-5cm long, tomentose, capitula cylindrical to narrowly campanulate, 2-4mm across, numerous, in compact corymbose fascicle |
| Size | 40-50cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 angustissimum Mill. Gnaphalium chrysocoma Mill. Gnaphalium italicum Roth Gnaphalium siculum Tineo Gnaphalium stoechas Sm. Helichrysum angustissimum Grande Helichrysum argyreum Jord. & Fourr. Helichrysum italicum f. intermedium Pamp. Helichrysum numidicum Pomel |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |