Species Helichrysum odoratissimum
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Etymology of Helichrysum:
Gk. (h)elios = sun; chrysos = gold; referring to the bright yellow flowerheads of many of the flowers of species in this genus.
Etymology of odoratissimum:
From the Latin odoratus = ‘sweet-smelling / fragrant’ and -issima denoting 'very'; the flower is very fragrant
Scientific name:
Helichrysum odoratissimum auct.
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Straggling, aromatic, thinly white-woolly shrublet to 50 cm. Leaves linear to spathulate, clasping, decurrent, grey-woolly, undulate. Flower heads disciform, densely matted together in terminal cymes, narrowly campanulate, brown and yellow, c. 3 2 mm, florets c. 5--15, ovary papillate-hairy. Mainly Aug.--Dec. Rocky slopes, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (Gifberg to tropical Africa).
Observations of Taxon
Helichrysum odoratissimum
Name of observer:
Yvette van Wijk (Yvette)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Helichrysum odoratissimum
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
08/02/2008 - 6:49pm
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