Helichrysum parvifolium

Helichrysum parvifolium photographed at Blackbirch Peak, South Island, New Zealand

Helichrysum parvifolium (syn Helichrysum microphyllum) is a bushy shrub which may reach 24 in (60 cm) high. The tiny leaves are about 0.08 in (2 mm) long and overlap the branches, upper surface woolly when young, lower surface densely woolly. White to yellow flower heads, summer.

Helichrysum parvifolium is found in rocky places, in the dry montane to subalpine regions of southern Nelson and Marlborough and northern Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand.

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