Appearance
It grows to 45 cm high and has grey-green woolly leaves that are between 2.5 and 10 cm long and 1 to 9 mm wide. The flowerheads appear between spring and summer. These have yellow centres surrounded by either white or yellow bracts.
Naming
The species was first formally described by botanist Allan Cunningham in 1825 in ''Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales''. He gave it the name ''Helichrysum albicans''. Subsequently the species was placed in the genus ''Helipterum'' in 1929 and ''Leucochrysum'' in 1992.Distribution
The species is native to Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.References:
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