NameThatPlant.net: Anaphalis margaritacea

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__ Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anaphalis margaritacea FAMILY Asteraceae__

COMMON NAME:
Pearly-everlasting

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anaphalis margaritacea FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anaphalis margaritacea FAMILY Asteraceae__

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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