| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum oxybelium DC. trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 171 (1838) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. to Namibia |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 200-1200m |
| Description | branchlets scabrous-glandular, glabrescent, spinose, leaves lanceolate-linear, sessile, acute, uninerved, margins revolute, capitula terminal, solitary, phyllaries oblong |
| Size | 20-40cm |
| Color | whitish, purple |
| Bloom | late spring, 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 oxybelium (DC.) Sch.Bip. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |