Licorice plant

Or “Helichrysum petiolare.” From the Missouri Botanical Garden, http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a584 » “Licorice plant is grown for its silvery, densely-felted foliage and trailing habit. It is a shrubby, woody-based tender perennial that typically grows 1-2' tall but spreads to as much as 3-4' wide on upright to trailing stems densely clad with soft, woolly, oval-rounded, gray-green leaves (1.5" long). When grown as annuals, plants generally grow to 6-9" tall and usually will not flower. Overwintered plants may flower the second year. Tiny white flowers, if and when they do bloom, are insignificant and often removed by gardeners as they appear. Plant foliage may exude a slight licorice aroma in the heat of the summer, hence the common name. Cultivars with variegated and chartreuse leaves are available.”

Photo taken outside SIUC Plant Biology Greenhouse.

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Helichrysum_petiolare&rank=binomial

1 year ago (“Lost and found”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-08-27
2 years ago (“One [self-] challenge met!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-08-27
3 years ago (“Afternoon at the vineyards”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-08-27

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[Rick Schies]

How neat. At first I thought it was clover