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__
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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
Anaphalis margaritacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anaphalis margaritacea
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 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
Anaphalis margaritacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anaphalis margaritacea
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)
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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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