Helichrysum chionosphaerum DC.

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Synonyms:	Helichrysum pondoense Schltr. Helichrysum randii S. Moore
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Status:	Native
Description:	Mat-forming perennial herb with spreading, more or less prostrate branches growing from a strong woody rootstock. Leaves in a basal rosette or crowded on short stems, up to c. 6 mm long, linear, glandular hairy with silky-white margins above, silky woolly below, particularly on the margins and veins. Capitula solitary or in small clusters. Involucral bracts shiny white or buff, 6-seriate, up to 8 mm long. Florets numerous, pale yellow.
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Derivation of specific name:	chionosphaerum: chionos - snow (Gr); "with a ring of snow"; probably referring to the white involucral bracts.
Habitat:	On rocks in submontane grassland.
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Worldwide distribution:	Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini and South Africa as far as the Eastern Cape.
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
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Images last updated:	Saturday 13 December 2008
Literature:	Hilliard, O.M. (1983). Asteraceae, Inuleae, Gnaphaliinae Flora of Southern Africa 33-7-2 Pages 256 - 258. (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.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Helichrysum chionosphaerum
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