Species within a genus

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
HELICHRYSUM (G)
Strooiblom (Le) Strawflower (Wf)
Family: ASTERACEAE
(h)elios, = the sun;
chrysos, = gold.
(only some species have yellow flowers)
(LS, Le)
Helichrysum asperum var. asperum (La)

Location: (K)
asper, = as affecting the sense of touch: rough, uneven;
-um, = means ‘characteristic of’.
asperum, = an uneven, rough place.
(rough to the touch because of prickles, uneven, harsh, rugged)
(ld, BL)
Helichrysum asperum var. glabrum (La)

Location: (P)
asper, = as affecting the sense of touch: rough, uneven;
-um, = means ‘characteristic of’.
asperum, = an uneven, rough place.
(rough to the touch because of prickles, uneven, harsh, rugged)

glaber, glabra, = without hair, smooth, bald.
(glabrous; smooth, hairless)
(ld, BL)
Helichrysum cochleariforme (G)
Gold-And-Silver (PS)
Location: (F)
coclea, cochlea, = a snail, a snail-shell;
coclearum, cochleaum, = (of the form of a snail-shell), a spoon;
forma, = form, contour, figure, shape, appearance.
(ld, BL)
Helichrysum crispum (La)
Hottentotskooigoed (PS)
Location: (F, K)
crispo, crispatum, = to curl, crisp, crimp; to make variegated, rough, uneven; curled, uneven, wrinkled.
crispus, = curled, crisped, crimped; uneven, waving, wrinkled.
(crisped, irregularly waved and twisted, kinky, curled; having the margin excessively irregularly divided and twisted)
(ld, BL)
Helichrysum cylindriflorum (La)

Location: (F)
cylindrus, = a cylinder;
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(ld)
Helichrysum cymosum subsp. cymosum (G)
Golden Sage (Vo) Yellow-tipped Strawflower (Wf)
Location: (F, K, P)
cyma, = anything swollen, the swell of the sea, a wave, billow, surge;
(a waved moulding, the young sprout of a cabbage, in Latin cyma, whence the botanical use)
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
(LS, Ox, BL)
Helichrysum dasyanthum (G)
Brown-tipped strawflower (Wf)
Location: (F, K)
dasys, = thick with hair, hairy, rough; downy;
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
(LS)
Helichrysum felinum (La)

Location: (F)
feles, felinus, = a cat; of or belonging to a cat;
felix, felicis, = fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile, productive;
-inus, = indicates possession or resemblance.
(ld, BL)
Helichrysum foetidum (La)
Polecat Strawflower (Wf) Geelsewejaartjie, Vleisewejaartjie (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)
fetor, faetor, foetor, = an offensive smell, a stench;
-idus, = indicates a state or action in progress.
feditus, faetidus, foetidus, = that has an ill smell stinking, fetid; foul, disgusting.
(ld, BL)
Helichrysum helianthemifolium (G, La)

Location: (K, P)
(h)elios, = the sun;
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower;
folium, = a leaf.
(LS, Ws)
Helichrysum indicum (La, G)
Velvet Herb (Vo)
Location: (F, K, P)
indicus, = of India, Indian;
-icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’.
indicum, = indigo, a blue pigment for dyeing and painting.
(ld, BL)
Helichrysum litorale (La)
Sewejaartjie (Vo)
Location: (F, K)
litus, = the sea-shore, sea-side, beach, strand;
(the sea-shore, beach, bank)
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
litoralis, = of or belonging to the sea-shore.
(pertaining to the sea-shore)
(ld, BL)
Helichrysum moeserianum (La)
Golden Cudweed (Wf) 'khoi'-kooigoed (PS)
Location: (F)
Moesia, = a region of mid Balkan peninsula, now part of Bulgaria;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(BL, K3)
Helichrysum niveum (La)

Location: (F, K)
nix, nivis, = snow;
-eus, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.
niveus, = of or from snow, snowy, snow-; snow-white, snowy.
(snowy, snow-white)
(ld, BL)
Helichrysum nudifolium var. nudifolium (La)
Hottentotstee, Icholocholo, Wild Tea (PS)
Location: (F)
nudus, = naked, bare, unclothed, uncovered, exposed;
(naked, i.e. devoid of leaves or some other clothing, lacking usual covering, bare)
folium, = a leaf.
(leaf bare of hairs)
(ld, BL, LB)
Helichrysum odoratissimum (La)
Hottentotskooigoed, Impepho (PS)
Location: (P)
odor, = a smell, scent, odour; particularly a pleasant odour, perfume;
(smell of any kind, odour, perfume, stench, fragrance)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness;
odoratus, = a smelling, smell;
(having a smell, usually sweet-smelling)
-issimus, = (superlative) very, most.
(ld, BL)
Helichrysum pandurifolium (La)
Fiddle-leaved Strawflower (Wf) Hottentotskooigoed (Vo)
Location: (F, K)
pandus, = bent, crooked, curved;
-urus, = -tailed, i.e. with an elongated or tail-like appendage;
pandura, = a musical instrument of three strings, invented by Pan;**
panduratus, = fiddle-shaped, i.e. broadest near the top, curving inwards in the lower part, then curving outwards again above the base;
folium, = a leaf.
(ld, BL)
Helichrysum patulum (La)

Location: (K, P)
patulus, = standing open, open; spread out, spreading, extended, broad, wide.
(spread, outspread)
(ld, BL)
Helichrysum retortum (La)
Sea Strawflower (Wf)
Location: (F, K)
retorqueo, retortus, = to twist or bend back; to turn or cast back.
(ld)
Helichrysum rosum var. rosum (La)
Sewjaartjie, Strawflower (PS)
Location: (P)
rosa, = a rose; the rose-bush, rose-tree.
(ld)
Helichrysum rutilans (La)

Location: (K)
rutilo, rutilus, rutilans, = to make or colour redish; red (inclining to golden yellow).
(red with yellow admixture, reddish-orange)
(ld, BL)
Helichrysum spiralepis (La)

Location: (F, K)
spira, = that which is wound, wreathed, coiled or twisted; a coil, fold, twist, spire;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with;
(spiral)
lepis, = a scale.
(scale (of fish, snake), flake)
(the bracts are acuminate – hooked)
(ld, BL, Ma)
Helichrysum teretifolium (La)
Needle-leaved Strawflower (Wf)
Location: (F, K, P)
tero, = to lessen by rubbing, to rub away; to wear away by use, wear out;
teres, = rounded off, rounded, well-turned, round, smooth; polished, elegant;
(terete, i.e. secular in transverse sections, tapering or narrowly cylindric)
folium, = a leaf.
(ld, BL)
Helichrysum tinctum (La)

Location: (F, K, P)
tingo, tinctum, = to wet, moisten, bathe with any liquid; to soak in colour, to dye, colour, tinge.
tincta, = dyed or coloured stuffs.
(ld)