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The genus Helichrysum consists of an estimated 600 species of flowering plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). The type species is Helichrysum orientale. They often go by the names everlasting, immortelle, and strawflower. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words ἥλιος and χρῡσός.

Species
Hilliard (1983) divided this large and heterogeneous genus in 30 morphological groups. But the genus remains controversial and is considered by many to be an artificial genus. The taxonomy of this large polymorphic and probably polyphyletic genus is complex and not yet satisfactorily resolved. Several Australian species, such as H. acuminatum and H. bracteatum, have been reclassified in the genus Xerochrysum in 1991, resp. as X. subundulatum and X. bracteatum. In 1989, misaligned species of Helichrysum were reclassified in Syncarpha. Species included in Pseudognaphalium, Anaphalis, Achyrocline and Humeocline are probably congeneric with Helichrysum. Australian species have also been reclassified to the genus Chrysocephalum, including Chrysocephalum semipapposum and Chrysocephalum apiculatum. ==Uses==
Uses
Several species are grown as ornamental plants, and for dried flowers. When cut young and dried, the open flowers and stalks preserve their colour and shape for long periods. Helichrysum italicum (synonym Helichrysum angustifolium) is steam distilled to produce a yellow-reddish essential oil popular in fragrance for its unique scent, best described as herbaceous, sweet, and honey-like. The epithet angustifolium means narrow leaved. It is commonly misspelled as augustifolium. ==Gallery==
Gallery
'' in Namibia File:Helichrysum moeserianum 2.jpg|Helichrysum moeserianum in De Hoop N.R., South Africa File:Helichrysum orientale 2.JPG|Helichrysum orientale File:Starr 070621-7414 Helichrysum petiolare.jpg|Helichrysum petiolare, Licorice Plant File:Strawflower.jpg|Helichrysum roseo-niveum in Namibia File:Helichrysum setosum.jpg|Helichrysum setosum File:Helichrysumthianschanicumicicles.jpg|Helichrysum thianschanicum 'Icicles' on display at the San Diego County Fair, CA, USA File:Starr 080117-2067 Helichrysum thianschanicum.jpg|Helichrysum thianschanicum (Icicles leaves) at nursery on Maui File:Helichrysum umbraculigerum.jpg|Helichrysum umbraculigerum ==References==
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