Curry plant
Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G.Don
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 61 cm
- wide
- —
Asteraceae
Also called Italian Strawflower
Formerly Gnaphalium italicum
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- SubshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Medit.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 61 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -17.8 °C (USDA zone 7a)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- French
- Immortelle d'Italie
- Swedish
- curryeternell
- Russian
- Цмин итальянский
- Lithuanian
- Italinis šlamutis
- German
- Italienische Immortelle, Italienische Strohblume, Currykraut
- Czech
- smil italský
- Croatian
- Smilje, Primorsko smilje
- Chinese (China)
- 意大利腊菊
- Danish
- karryplante
- Dutch
- kerrieplant
- Italian
- Elicriso d'Italia, Elicriso
- Hebrew
- דם-המכבים האיטלקי
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Helichrysum italicum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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