Helichrysum chionosphaerum DC.

chionosphaerum: chionos - snow (Gr); "with a ring of snow"; probably referring to the white involucral bracts.

Mat-forming perennial herb with spreading, more or less prostrate branches growing from a strong woody rootstock. Leaves in a basal rosette or crowded on short stems, up to c. 6 mm long, linear, glandular hairy with silky-white margins above, silky woolly below, particularly on the margins and veins. Capitula solitary or in small clusters. Involucral bracts shiny white or buff, 6-seriate, up to 8 mm long. Florets numerous, pale yellow.

Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland and S Africa as far as the Eastern Cape.

Helichrysum chionosphaerum là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Cúc. Loài này được DC. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1838.