| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Helichrysum pumilio (O.Hoffm.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 198 (1981) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. to Free State |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 130-2100m |
| Description | branchlets grey lanate, leaves 4-20mm, linear-spathulate, acute, shortly decurrent, glandular-pubescent, grey lanate, capitula sessile and solitary or in small corymbose clusters |
| Size | 2-25cm |
| Color | yellow-brown, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 | Helichrysum bolusianum Moeser Helichrysum dinteri S.Moore Helichrysum fleckii S.Moore Helichrysum fleckii ssp. viscidissimum (Hutch.) Merxm. Helichrysum fleckii ssp. volkii (Merxm.) Merxm. Helichrysum hutchinsonii E.Phillips Helichrysum laneum S.Moore Helichrysum pumilio ssp. fleckii (S.Moore) Hilliard Helichrysum viscidissimum Hutch. Leontonyx pumilio O.Hoffm. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, OFS Free State) |