Helichrysum tenuifolium at Ramabantha, Lesotho

This member of the straw flower or in Afrikaans sewejaartjie (little seven year old) family is found in the Drakensberg and Maluti Mountain region. It is usually a small shrub with many branches on which the grey and woolly leaves cluster densely at the tips. Clusters of small daisy flowers with bright yellow involucres adorn the compact bushes.