Botanical name

Helichrysum niveum

Family

Asteraceae
Helichrysum niveum
Helichrysum niveum
Helichrysum niveum
Helichrysum niveum
Helichrysum niveum
Helichrysum niveum

Description

Twiggy, ericoid shrublet up to 20cm. Leaves small, spreading or reflexed, linear, glabrescent or woolly, margins strongly revolute; flowerheads discoid, in small terminal heads nested in leaves, cylindric, white sometimes pink; florets up to 5; ovary papillate.

Habitat

Coastal sands

Flower Date

Mainly December to February