Botanical name

Helichrysum cochleariforme

Family

Asteraceae

Common Name

Gold and Silver

Synonym (old name)

Helichrysum imbricatum

Status

Near Threatened

Helichrysum cochleariforme
Helichrysum cochleariforme
Helichrysum cochleariforme
Helichrysum cochleariforme
Helichrysum cochleariforme
Helichrysum cochleariforme

Description

Rounded, grey-woolly shrublet up to 20cm. Leaves oblanceolate, spathulate, grey-woolly. Flowerheads, 1-few at tips of branchlets, subglobose, golden-brown; involucral bracts concave, inner tipped white and minutely spreading; florets 60-120.

Habitat

Coastal sands

Flower Date

September to December