Helichrysum arenarium

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Helichrysum
Species: Helichrysum arenarium
Subspecies: H. a. subsp. arenarium – H. a. subsp. aucheri – H. a. subsp. erzincanicum – H. a. subsp. ponticum – H. a. subsp. rubicundum
Name

Helichrysum arenarium (L.) Moench
References

Moench, Methodus 575 (1794)

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Helichrysum arenarium. Published online. Accessed: January 15 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Helichrysum arenarium in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 15.
Tropicos.org 2018. Helichrysum arenarium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 15.
Hassler, M. 2018. Helichrysum arenarium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 15. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Helichrysum arenarium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
беларуская: Цмен пясчаны
Deutsch: Sand-Strohblume
English: dwarf everlast
suomi: Hietaolkikukka
Nordfriisk: Sträruus, Sträbluum
français: Immortelle des sables
Nederlands: Strobloem
русский: Цмин песча'ный (Tsmin peschanyj)
српски / srpski: смиље
Türkçe: Güneş çiçeği

Helichrysum arenarium is also known as dwarf everlast, and as immortelle.[1]
Description

As a perennial plant, it grows to be an average of 0.3 m tall.

The leaves are flat, the lower ones being elliptical in shape, while the upper ones are linear. They are wooly on both sides.

The flower heads are arranged in loosely, a cross between umbel and panicle. They are 3 to 4 mm wide of bright golden yellow florets.

It is found in Eastern France to Denmark as well as on the mountains of Uzbekistan on sandy grasslands, and heathland. It is also widely spread on the Dalmatian coast in Croatia where locals regularly pick and sell it throughout the summer (local Mediterranean climate permitting even as late as September and October).

Similar species

Helichrysum stoechas is similar to the Helichrysum arenarium species, but the leaves are all linear, with rolled under edges. It is found in western France on dunes near the sea.
References/citations

Rose, Francis (1981). The Wild Flower Key. Frederick Warne & Co. pp. 377–380. ISBN 0-7232-2419-6.