Helichrysum buchananii Engl.

Erect perennial herb, up to c. 80 cm high, growing from a woody rootstock, all parts densely covered in appressed white felt-like hairs. Stems branching, often reddish. Leaves sessile, clasping the stem, oblong to lanceolate, c. 5 cm long, greyish-green, densely hairy on both surfaces, mucronate at the apex; margin slighlt rolled under. Capitula terminal, solitary or a few together. Involucral bracts 3-4-seriate, shiny golden-yellow, brownish tinged on the outside, lanceolate-triangular; inner up to 1.5 cm long. Florets numerous, yellow, c. 3.4 mm long.

Locally common

DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.