Flora Detail

Common Name Stinking strawflower, stinking yellow everlasting (Eng.); muishondblaar, geelsewejaartjie, vleisewejaartjie (Afr.)
Family Asteraceae
Date Observed 17-03-2021
Category Shrubs
Catalogue No. 3369
Flowering Time Summer,Autumn
Colour Yellow
Locations Observed
Estuary
Koppie
Nature Reserve Few
Small Holding
Village
Greater Rooiels

Helichrysum foetidum - to be confirmed

Information

Stinking strawflower, stinking yellow everlasting (Eng.); muishondblaar, geelsewejaartjie, vleisewejaartjie (Afr.)

Hill and mountain slopes especially in damp places along streams.

Foetid smelling, stout, sparingly branched biennial up to 1m. A large cluster of flat-topped heads, surrounded by 8-9 rows of glossy yellow or cream bracts much longer than the flowers, appears at the top