Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Perennial herb with erect or ascending, densely grey-felted branches, up to 60 cm tall. Leaves sessile, ovate-oblong, up to 1.8 cm long, covered with grey felt on both sides; apex acute, tipped with a brown mucro. Capitula in a densely corymbose, terminal inflorescence. Involucral bracts 4-5- seriate, up to 7 mm long, oblong, whitish, turning green towards the base. Florets rose-pink.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Helichrysum maestum Wild Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=159710
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Known only from quartzite crags on Mount Peza in the Chimanimani Mountains.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Helichrysum maestum Wild Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=159710
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
