Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anaphalis margaritacea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anaphalis margaritacea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Anaphalis margaritacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Anaphalis margaritacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anaphalis margaritacea
COMMON NAME:
Pearly-everlasting
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_anma_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_a_margaritacea_78800
August Hamilton County NY
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Keith Bradley kab_a_margaritacea_78908
August Hamilton County NY
Has the aspect of Pseudognaphalium [Rabbit Tobacco], per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_a_margaritacea_78908b
August Hamilton County NY
Phyllaries in 8-12 series and bright white. Florets' corollas yellowish, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm130906_058
September Washington County ME
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JK Marlow jkm130906_062
September Washington County ME
Leaf blades - abaxial faces tomentose or glabrescent (proximal leaves), per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm130906_077
September Washington County ME
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JK Marlow jkm130906_079
September Washington County ME
Leaf bases subclasping, decurrent, margins revolute, adaxial faces green, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anaphalis margaritacea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anaphalis margaritacea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Anaphalis margaritacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Anaphalis margaritacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anaphalis margaritacea
3380
Forb
Perennial
Polygamo-dioecious [mostly dioecious, but with some bisexual flowers]
Habitat: Dry open places, native in the norther parts of our region (see map), but southwards probably only persistent from or a waif from cultivation, per Weakley's Flora
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare in NC Mountains (waifs in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Yellowish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Mostly unisexual, heads either staminate or primarily pistillate
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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