Daisy Family
Helichrysum pamphylicum
(Ölmez Çiçeği, Ölmez otu
(Strohblume)
Compositae (Asteraceae)

Erect, tufted, unbranched perennial herbs, up to 60 cm. Leaves alternate, linearoblanceolate. Capitula numerous, ovoid, 4-5 mm, borne in dense subglobose corymbs. Phyllaries snow-white. Marginal flowers female. Corolla tubular. Achenes cylindrical. Pappus scabrous to barbellate. Inflorescence medicinal. Fl. May-August. Pinus brutia forest, among limestone rocks.
Endemic for South Anatolia.