Helipterum

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Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Helipterum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Helipterum (Greek for sun and wing; said to refer to the light-plumed pappus). Including Acroclinium and Rhodanthe. Compositae. Half-hardy annual or perennial herbs cultivated as everlastings or immortelles. Flowers mostly perfect, with 5-toothed open corollas: achenes woolly, bearing a pappus of many plumose bristles: involucre glabrous, obovate or top-shaped, silvery or rose-colored: plants mostly glabrous.—About 60 species in Austral, and S. Afr. This and Helichrysum, from which it is distinguished by its plumose not roughened pappus- hairs, are amongst the most important of everlasting fls. The cult, kinds are annual herbs (or grown as such), of easiest cult, in any garden soil. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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