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| Authority - Mill. | Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? Angiosperm |
| Plant forms - herbaceous perennials or shrubs | Total Number of species - 600 |
| World Distribution - Africa (with 244 species in South Africa), Madagascar, Australasia and Eurasia. | |
| Comments - Grows no higher than 90cm. Therefore not likely to have much wood at all. | |
| 1 - Helichrysum dendroideum. 2 - Helichrysum orientale. |