Botanical name

Helichrysum crispum

Family

Asteraceae

Common Name

Hottentots Kooigoed
Helichrysum crispum
Helichrysum crispum
Helichrysum crispum
Helichrysum crispum
Helichrysum crispum
Helichrysum crispum

Description

Aromatic, rounded white-woolly sub-shrub up to 50cm. Leaves obovate, thickly woolly; flowerheads discoid, many congested in terminal clusters, campanulate, white; inner bracts spreading above; florets 10-50.

One of the most common species of Helichrysum found along the coast.

Habitat

Mainly coastal sands

Flower Date

October to January