Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Anaphalis margaritacea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Pearly Everlasting at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anaphalis margaritacea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
(?)
Linnaeus
Gnaphalium margaritaceum
COMMON NAME:
Pearly Everlasting
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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 (11/30/12):
Anaphalis margaritacea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anaphalis margaritacea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
(?)
Linnaeus
Gnaphalium margaritaceum
3380
Forb
Perennial
Polygamo-dioecious [mostly dioecious, but with some bisexual flowers]
Native: probably persistent from cultivation in NC, seemingly native northward
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare in NC
Look for it in dry open places, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Yellowish
Rays: Absent
Mostly unisexual, heads either staminate or primarily pistillate
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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