Helichrysum sesamoides Willd.
Slender erect shrublet with solitary, terminal flower heads and satint white, rose or pale lemon bracts. To 60cm. Grows on sandy mountain slopes. Spring to summer flowering. [RHSD, Rice].
Horticultural & Botanical History
Introduced to Britain in 1739. [PD]. ABR pl.242/1802 and ABR pl.279/1803.
History at Camden Park
Included among desiderata in a letter to John Lindley, 15th February 1848, but not recorded as ‘arrived’ in Macarthur’s copy [MP A2933-1, p.157]. It was also requested of Kew Gardens on 1st Febuary, 1849 [MP A2933-1, p.177].
Notes
Dietrich gives Xeranthemum sesamoides L. of Curtis’s Botanical Magazine t.425/1797, as a synonym of Helipterum humile DC. [Synopsis Plantarum vol.4, p.1439/1847].
Published Sep 14, 2009 - 04:41 PM | Last updated Feb 23, 2010 - 01:49 PM
Helichrysum sesamoides Willd. | Rice pl.LXXXV | CM
| Family | Asteraceae |
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| Region of origin | South Africa |
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| Name in the Camden Park Record | Aphelexis sesamoides |
| Confidence level | high |