Adromischus filicaulis subsp. marlothii dry floral detail

The photo shows the dry, hardened parts of a spent Adromischus filicaulis subsp. marlothii inflorescence retained on the plant after fruiting and after the seeds have been dispersed.

The calyx lobes are still there, five short, pointed, triangular structures that earlier clutched the base of the long corolla tube. These little sepals are visible on some "flowers" in picture, spreading behind and around the bases of the conspicuously long, narrow and out-curving, white-ridged petal remains, all hard and dry.

The petals had earlier formed narrow, cylindrical corolla tubes, the biggest and conspicuous parts of the flowers that were. At bloomtime the petal tips ended in short, colourful lobes that spread, now reduced to the final twists in the channelled, snaking husks that dominate in picture.

Long ago, inside each corolla base, there was an ovary consisting of five carpels within which the seeds had grown, now taking their chances on the ground somewhere.

The dry stem is ridged, the ascending pedicels sturdy, spiralling around it (Smith, et al, 2017; iNaturalist).