| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum nimbicola Hilliard trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 262 (1982) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 2500-2800m |
| Description | rooting, leaves 2-4cm, petiolate, elliptic-lanceolate, often complicate and falcate, acute, grey lanate-tomentose, capitula cylindrical, 3-4mm, in cluster |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | golden yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in spring |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |