Helichrysum asperum
Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (3)
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba Botanic Gardens
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba Botanic Gardens
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba Botanic Gardens
Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
| Synonyms: |
Gnaphalium ericoides L. Stoebe aspera Thunb. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb with often prostrate branches. Leaves up to 20 mm long, linear, whitish woolly, particularly below, gland-dotted; margin rolled under. Capitula in tight terminal and axillary clusters, c. 1 cm in diameter. Involucral bracts creamy-white, c. 6-seriate, up to 5 mm long, narrowly oblong, colourless or pinkish. Florets yellow, tipped with pink. |
| Type location: |
|
| Notes: | Note: this species is similar to H. caespititium, which usually is a more compact, cushion-forming habit. |
| Derivation of specific name: | asperum: rough |
| Habitat: | On sandy soils in open grassland and woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1280 - 1980 m |
| Flowering time: | May - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe and South Africa as far as the Eastern Cape. |
| FZ divisions: | W,C,E,S |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 25 September 2008 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 19. As Helichrysum asperum asperum Hilliard, O.M. (1983). Asteraceae, Inuleae, Gnaphaliinae Flora of Southern Africa 33-7-2 Pages 124 - 126. as Helichrysum asperum var. asperum (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 26. |
Other sources of information about Helichrysum asperum:
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Helichrysum asperumAfrican Plant Database: Helichrysum asperum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Helichrysum asperum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Helichrysum asperum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Helichrysum asperum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Helichrysum asperum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Helichrysum asperum
JSTOR Plant Science: Helichrysum asperum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Helichrysum asperum
Plants of the World Online: Helichrysum asperum
Tropicos: Helichrysum asperum
Wikipedia: Helichrysum asperum