Common name
English: Winged everlasting
German: Papierknöpfchen
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Asterales (237)
Family: Asteraceae (221)(family description)
Genus: Ammobium (1)
Epithet: alatum R.Br. (1)
Synonyms: Ammobium alatum Siebert & Voss, Ammobium plantagineum G.Don, Ammobium spathulatum Gaud., Gnaphalium alatum (R.Br.) E.H.L.Krause, Helichrysum alatum (R.Br.) Baill., Hosta plantaginea (Siebold & Zucc.) Asch. & Graebn., Ixodia ammobium Spreng.
alatum => winged, with wings
plantagineum => resembling a plantain
spathulatum => shaped like a spatula
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow, white
