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Everlasting-flowers
Helichrysum
The genus Helichrysum consists of an estimated 600 species of flowering plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). The type species is Helichrysum orientale. They often go by the names everlasting, immortelle, and strawflower. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words ἥλιος (helios, sun) and χρῡσός (chrysos, gold).
It occurs in Africa (with 244 species in South Africa), Madagascar, Australasia and Eurasia. The plants may be annuals, herbaceous perennials or shrubs, growing to a height of 60–90 cm (24–35 inches). The genus was a wastebasket taxon, and many of its members have been reclassified in smaller genera, most notably the Everlastings, now in the genus Xerochrysum.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Dwarf Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum arenarium
Shrubby Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum stoechas
Licorice plant
speciesHelichrysum petiolare
Icholocholo
speciesHelichrysum nudifolium
curry plant
speciesHelichrysum italicum
Honey Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum patulum
Fume Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum cymosum
Stinking Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum foetidum
Helichrysum serotinum
speciesHelichrysum serotinum
Needle Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum teretifolium
Wrinkly Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum rugulosum
Satin Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum leucopsideum
Niniao
speciesHelichrysum lanceolatum
Bright Yellow Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum aureum
Straw Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum kraussii
Sunny Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum setosum
Kooigoed Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum odoratissimum
Pink Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum adenocarpum
Strawberry Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum felinum
Rose Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum rosum
Snowball Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum caespititium
Fynbos Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum dasyanthum
Golden Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum auronitens
Helichrysum callicomum
speciesHelichrysum callicomum
Scarlet Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum sanguineum
Pale Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum revolutum
Monkeytail Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum herbaceum
Wild Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum argyrosphaerum
Leafy Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum cerastoides
Helichrysum simpsonii
speciesHelichrysum simpsonii
Grey Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum zeyheri
Flask Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum retortum
Sticky Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum acutatum
Helichrysum lepidissimum
speciesHelichrysum lepidissimum
Rough Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum asperum
Helichrysum melaleucum
speciesHelichrysum melaleucum
Sand Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum niveum
Cape Gold Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum splendidum
Dwarf Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum chionosphaerum
Chaff Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum tinctum
Lute Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum panduratum
Spiral Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum spiralepis
Sheep-ears Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum appendiculatum
Weedy Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum ruderale
Grand Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum grandiflorum
Annual Strawflower
speciesHelichrysum indicum
Creeping Everlasting Daisy
speciesHelichrysum filicaule
Goldhead Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum auriceps
Blushing Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum rutilans
Fiddle Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum pandurifolium
Prim Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum decorum
Pipa Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum candolleanum
Fimbril Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum anomalum
Drakensberg Yellow everlasting
speciesHelichrysum cooperi
Oreo Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum oreophilum
Tall White Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum fruticans
Helichrysum depressum
speciesHelichrysum depressum
Woolly Umbrella Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum umbraculigerum
Pale Everlasting
speciesHelichrysum pallidum
Mollepelle
speciesHelichrysum sutherlandii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.267
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.402
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.403
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.679
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.624
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1217
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1281
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1282
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 3 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.50
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 4 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.6
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.258
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72165.