Helichrysum foetidum

This Helichrysum is a robust, biennial, strong-smelling herb, the stem is simple or sparsely branched from the base, 0.3-1 m tall, and young parts are thinly white-hairy. The leaves are grouped at the stem base, but they wither at the time of flowering. They are up to 120 x 150 mm and elliptic with a clasping base. The upper surface is sparsely hairy, whereas the lower one is thinly white-woolly. Many flowerheads are borne in a large, leafy, spreading, umbrella-like inflorescence. The i nvolucral.. more