Red Everlasting / دم المسيح / / دم الغزال

بْزاز العَذْراء / خالِدَة مُدَمّاة / كتيت / صوفانة / حُرّاق / صوفآن

Helichrysum sanguineum (L.) Kostel.

Flowers, May. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility

Unknown

Blooming period

April to June

Seed collection period

May to June

Description

Perenniality

Perennial

Petal colour

Yellow

Leaf type

Entire

Life form

Hemicryptophyte

Scientifc data

Genus

Helichrysum

Family

Asteraceae

Wikidata item

Q2910998

GBIF Item

Helichrysum sanguineum (L.) Kostel. (3131419)

Conservation status (IUCN)

Least concern

References

IUCN Red List. (2021, November 20).
Machaka Houri, N., Houri, A.(2014). Wild Flowers of Lebanon with Special Focus on Key Biodiversity Areas.Beirut:Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
Houri, A., Machaka Houri, N. (2001). photographic guide to wild flowers of Lebanon. Beirut: Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
Helichrysum sanguineum (L.) Kostel. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-10.
Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
عراف، ش.،عمر،ر.،اسعد، ص.(1995).مساهمة في دراسة نباتات البلاد(الحلقة الاولى).ترشيحا:مركز الدراسات القروية.(عربي)
Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.

Citation

Helichrysum sanguineum (L.) Kostel. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/528 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.