Anaphalis margaritacea

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae;
Subkingdom:	Viridiplantae;
Phylum:	Tracheophyta;
Subphylum:	Spermatophytina;
Class:	Magnoliopsida;
Subclass:	Asteranae;
Order:	Asterales;
Family:	Asteraceae;
Genus:	Anaphalis DC.;
Species:	Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth.;
Synonyms
	Anaphalis occidentalis (Greene) A. Heller; Gnaphalium margaritaceum L.;

Scientific Name: Anaphalis margaritacea
Family: Asteraceae
Common Names: pearly everlasting
Synonyms/Misapplications: Gnaphalium margaritaceum
Codon: ANAMAR

Photo by Rod Gilbert. Also featured on Main Page

Dioecious, perennial, rhizomatous herb with woolly stems and globular pseudanthia, growing to 90 cm tall. Leaves cauline, alternate, sessile, lanceolate to linear, woolly (mostly below), greenish grey to whitish. Inflorescences are racemous, crowded and often flattened, appearing umbellate. Pseudanthia to 1 cm wide with persistent white bracts. Flowers discoid. Fruits are achenes with stubby projections.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Bloom Period

July through September.^[2]

Distribution

Widely distributed throughout Washington; occurring throughout North America except for portions of Midwest and Southeast.^[2]

Habitat

Dry to seasonally moist open areas.^[2]

Uses

In folk medicine, it is used as a salve for burns. (Strickland)^[5]

Propagation

[Propagation protocol from USDA NRCS]

Anaphalis margaritacea, photo: Lisa Hintz

Seed

Anaphalis margaritacea with pappus, photo: Lisa Hintz

Seed sample from 2010

Average Measurement: 0.6 x 0.2 x 0.2

Measurement Range: L: 0.4 - 0.75, W: 0.1 - 0.3, D: 0.1 - 0.3

Features

Shape: Seeds somewhat ribbed. Right above hilum, seed narrows considerably before flaring out again.

Color: Seed is brown. Hilum is glossy and puckered, lighter colored that rest of seed.

Additional Features: Pappus of downy white hairs significantly longer that seed itself.

Surface: Seed covered in clear globules and is slightly lustrous.

Could be confused with: Antennaria howellii

Latitudinal Cross Section: elliptical

Longitudinal Cross Section: elliptical

Photo Gallery

Photo: Craig Althen, 2010
Photo: Craig Althen, 2017

References

↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=36529
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Anaphalis%20margaritacea
↑ Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, S. (2016). Vascular Plants of the South Sound Prairies. p. 71
↑ Jepson Herbarium Online Flora
↑ Native Plants of North America.” Retrieved from https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=anma.

[1] Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=36529

[:1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Anaphalis%20margaritacea

[3] Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, S. (2016). Vascular Plants of the South Sound Prairies. p. 71

[4] Jepson Herbarium Online Flora

[:0-5] Native Plants of North America.” Retrieved from https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=anma.

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