Anaphalis margaritacea |
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pearly everlasting |
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Habit | Dioecious, leafy, erect, rhizomatous perennial, 2-9 dm. tall, white-woolly throughout. |
Leaves | Leaves lanceolate to narrowly oblong or linear, up to 12 cm. long and 2 cm. wide, sessile, less pubescent above, the margins often curled, little reduced upward. |
Flowers | Heads up to 1 cm. wide, numerous and crowded in a short, broad inflorescence; involucre 5-7 mm. high, the bracts pearly-white, imbricate in several series, dry and papery; staminate flowers tubular, with undivided style, pistillate flowers tubular-filiform, with bifid style; pappus of distinct capillary bristles. |
Fruits | Achenes covered with short, rounded, blunt projections. |
Anaphalis margaritacea |
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Flowering time | July-September |
Habitat | Dry to somewhat moist open areas, from low elevations to the subalpine. |
Distribution | Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast except for extreme southeastern U.S.
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Origin | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern |
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