Scientific Name: Helichrysum petiolare cvs.
Common Name: licorice plant
Family Name: Asteraceae
Origin: Africa, Australia / New Zealand
Hardiness Zone: Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C)
Plant Type: Annual
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width)
Habit: Pendulous, Spreading
Form: Climbing, Mounded, Weeping
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Container planting, Hanging basket, Indoor plant, Perennial border
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Ovate, Ciliate, Undulate (wavy)
Flowers: Small heads arranged in a corymb, White, Aug
Fruit: Achene, Brown
Key ID Features:
Trailing plant with very soft, lime to gray-green leaves that are covered in very fine silvery fur.