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



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


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image of Anaphalis margaritacea, Pearly-everlasting

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_anma_001_lvd

        

image of Anaphalis margaritacea, Pearly-everlasting

Keith Bradley    kab_a_margaritacea_78800

August    Hamilton County    NY

image of Anaphalis margaritacea, Pearly-everlasting

Keith Bradley    kab_a_margaritacea_78908

August    Hamilton County    NY

Has the aspect of Pseudognaphalium [Rabbit Tobacco], per Flora of North America.

image of Anaphalis margaritacea, Pearly-everlasting

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.

image of Anaphalis margaritacea, Pearly-everlasting

JK Marlow    jkm130906_058

September    Washington County    ME

image of Anaphalis margaritacea, Pearly-everlasting

JK Marlow    jkm130906_062

September    Washington County    ME

Leaf blades - abaxial faces tomentose or glabrescent (proximal leaves), per Flora of North America.

image of Anaphalis margaritacea, Pearly-everlasting

JK Marlow    jkm130906_077

September    Washington County    ME

image of Anaphalis margaritacea, Pearly-everlasting

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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)

map
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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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