Asteraceae
Stinking strawflower
Helichrysum foetidum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Helichrysum
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Helichrysum foetidumAsteraceae
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Common names
By language (3)
- Afrikaans
- Vleisewejaartjie
- Arabic
- خالدة نتنة
- English
- Stinking strawflower
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.