Asteraceae
Helichrysum

Helichrysum petiolare Hilliard & B.L.Burtt

First published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32: 357 (1973)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as a medicine and has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cape Provinces, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

California, Canary Is., Chatham Is., Corse, Great Britain, Ireland, Krym, Madeira, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [5050] K002485212 Yes
Wordsell, W.C. [s.n.] K002485208 Yes
Long, F.R. [1166] South Africa K002485210 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [10802] South Africa K002485198 Yes
Bayliss, R.D.A. [BRI B 166] South Africa K002485203 Yes
MacOwan, P. [742] K002485215 Yes
Theron, G.C. [971] South Africa K002485209 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [10978] South Africa K002485200 Yes
Schlechter, R. [6513] South Africa K002485206 Yes
Drège, J.F. [126] South Africa K002485214 Yes
Kuntze, C.E.O. [94] K002485205 Yes
Drège, J.F. [s.n.] South Africa K002485213 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [6503] K002485201 Yes
MacOwan, P. [1028] K002485211 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [7896] South Africa K002485207 Yes
Fourcade, H.G. [561] South Africa K002485202 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [10788] South Africa K002485197 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [4825] K002485216 Yes
Ross, J.H. [2411] South Africa K002485204 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [10974] South Africa K002485199 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0