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Helichrysum subglomeratum

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Species of plant

Helichrysum subglomeratum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Helichrysum
Species: H. subglomeratum
Binomial name
Helichrysum subglomeratum
Less.

Helichrysum subglomeratum is a plant from southern and tropical Africa.

Description

This perennial herb grows 8–60 cm (3.1–23.6 in) tall. The rootstock is woody. The leaves form a rosette at the base and sometimes also higher up the stem. The leaves growing at the base are the largest. They are oblanceolate in shape and are silvery and silky. Dense, many flowered flower heads are present between March and June. The flowers grow in cylindrical cymes located at the ends of branches. The outer parts of the flowers are brown or straw coloured and the insides are tipped with bright yellow.

Distribution and habitat

This plant is found growing between South Africa and the Okavango. It is found in the following countries: Angola, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It grows scattered across rocky grasslands, although it will sometimes form mats on rocky sheets.

Uses

In traditional medicine, the plant has been smoked to treat headaches.

References

  1. ^ e-Flora of South Africa. v1.36. 2022. South African National Biodiversity Institute. http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=flora_descriptions&v=1.36
  2. ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2012). Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region : 1: the core Cape flora (PDF). Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute, SANBI. ISBN 978-1-919976-74-7. OCLC 852384288.
  3. "Helichrysum subglomeratum Less. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  4. Lourens, A.C.U.; Viljoen, A.M.; van Heerden, F.R. (2008). "South African Helichrysum species: A review of the traditional uses, biological activity and phytochemistry". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 119 (3): 630–652. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.06.011. PMID 18606217.
Taxon identifiers
Helichrysum subglomeratum
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