Helichrysum Mill.
At least some of the involucre bracts with an elongated claw Helichrysum
Involucral bracts straw-coloured to yellow, sometimes tinged with brown
Heads solitary on almost leafless peduncles. Leaves oblong, lanceolate to linear, acute or mucronate, stem-clasping, up to 5 cm long. Involucre hemispherical, c. 10 mm diam; bracts in many rows. Cypselas glabrous, 1 mm long. Pappus hairs 3–4 mm long. Perennial usually decumbent hairy or woolly. herb. Widespread. Grasslands, WSF, margins of RF. Fl. most of the year Helichrysum rutidolepis
Heads solitary on leafy peduncles. Leaves basal and cauline, up to 6 cm long, oblong-spathulate to linear, glabrous to woolly on the upper surface, woolly underneath. Involucre hemispherical 10–20 mm or more diam.; bracts numerous spreading. Cypselas glabrous, 1–2 mm long. Perennial herb, often decumbent, up to 30 cm high, woolly. Widespread. Grasslands and forests, usually on heavy soils. Fl. spring–summer Helichrysum scorpioides