Scientific Name: Helichrysum luteoalbum

Common Name: jersey cudweed

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Asteraceae

Form Description: Annual or short-lived perennial herb, densely hairy, may have faint sweet smell.

Height (m): 0.05 – 0.45

Flowers: Flower heads about 4mm in diameter, shining pale golden or brownish-yellow, in dense clusters.

Fruit: Achene – minutely hairy, pappus-bristles falling.

Municipality
No data available for this species
Plant Communities
Grassland
Habitat Notes

Widespread and frequent in pastures and dry rocky places and along roadsides.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Exposed, Rocky, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Well-drained

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Method

Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.

Seed Storage Life

Short

Seed Treatment Notes

Seed is usually quick to germinate.