Helichrysum trilineatum empty flowerhead involucres

After flowering, the empty involucres of Helichrysum trilineatum flowerheads remain clustered at stem-tips for a period as in the photo. The cone-shaped cavities reveal the white, strap-like bases of the innermost ring of bracts, still yellow and floral in their less straight upper parts. A few heads with their disc florets still intact can be spotted in the photo. 

The few stem-tip leaves ascend or spread and curve down. Some green-striped, convex, lower leaf surfaces are on display, as well as some dull green upper surfaces of the here hairless leaves. It is the three green lines showing on the lower leaf surfaces that give the plant its specific name of trilineatum.

Leafless stem parts are brown and bare in picture, reaching quite high on the plant. Leaves clearly do not last too long here. They leave greyish stem markings when they fall (iNaturalist; JSTOR; https://keys.lucidcentral.org).