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Helichrysum mollifolium

Helichrysum mollifolium is a small South African daisy-family perennial from the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, found in damp grassland and streamsides. It needs consistent moisture and cool conditions, making it a niche plant for bog or moist-meadow gardens.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist but not waterlogged, as it grows naturally in damp depressions and stream margins.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich soil or a damp organic mix with good drainage at the surface.
Temperature
10–24 °C; tolerates cool montane conditions and frost, protect from prolonged heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
KwaZulu-Natal

About

Helichrysum mollifolium is a species of plant from South Africa.

Where it grows

This plant is known from the KwaZulu Natal province of South Africa. It grows in moist areas in the Drakensberg, between Witsieshoek and Garden Castle. Its habitats include grassy depressions, near streams and the damp margins of forests.

Other Helichrysum plants

Strawflower · Artvinian Everlasting · Helichrysum biafranum · Helichrysum calvertianum · Helichrysum cameroonense · Helichrysum ephelos · Creeping Everlasting Daisy · Helichrysum gloria-dei · Helichrysum gossypinum · Helichrysum gymnocephalum · Curry Plant · Satin Everlasting

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Helichrysum mollifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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