Helichrysum trilineatum flowerheads

The flowerheads of Helichrysum trilineatum are bell-shaped, growing in stem-tip clusters. The receptacle at the base of the flowerhead is honeycombed. The involucral bracts around the head grow in about five graded and overlapping whorls or rings around the disc florets, sometimes appearing translucent. The outer ones are pale golden brown, the inner ones blunt-tipped and yellow.

The disc florets may be up to 60 in number, or as few as 25. Most of the florets are bisexual, although there are some female florets as well, usually next to the bracts around the disc, or near them. Flowering happens from late winter through spring and summer, sometimes all year round.

The pappuses consist mainly out of bristles, the fruits barrel-shape, about 1 mm long (iNaturalist; https://keys.lucidcentral.org; https://www.worldfloraonline.org).