Asteraceae
Helichrysum

Helichrysum buchananii Engl.

First published in Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 429 (1892)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005

Morphology General Habit
Perennial herb 0.3–1 m high, with stems from a woody rootstock; stems reddish, branching, appressed white-tomentose.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves greyish-green, sessile, oblong to lanceolate, 1–5 cm long, 0.3–1.2 cm wide, base semi-amplexicaul, margins slightly revolute, apex subacute and mucronate, densely tomentose on both surfaces.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula 9–12 mm long, heterogamous, solitary or in small groups, terminal, but through the branching resembling a many-headed leafy corymb; phyllaries shiny golden yellow or (the outermost) brownish, 3–4-seriate, lanceolate, 3–11 mm long, acute to obtuse, glabrous; receptacle honeycombed.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Florets yellow to orange; outer florets many, tube filiform, 1.7–1.9 mm long, lobes 0.1–0.2, style 2–2.4 mm long; inner florets very many, tube narrowly infundibuliform, 2–2.2 mm long, lobes 0.3–0.4 mm long, anthers 0.9–1 mm long, style 2.3–2.6 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achene ellipsoid, 0.5–0.6 mm long, glabrous; pappus yellowish, 2–3 mm long, distally flattened, caducous individually.
Habitat
Grassland or disturbed ground; 1750–2500 m
Distribution
T7
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0