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Photographer: Robert R. Kowal
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Family Asteraceae
Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook.f.
pearly everlasting, western pearly everlasting
Anaphalis: from the Greek name of a similar plant; also a near-anagram of Gnaphalium
margaritacea: from the Latin margarita, "a pearl," hence pertaining to pearls, pearly
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-3' tall, odorless forb covered with bluish-silvery, woolly hairs; stems very leafy; from rhizomes |
| Flower: | head 3/8" wide with many, white, petal-like, bracts around a button-like, yellowish disk, no rays; inflorescence a short, wide, dense, flat-topped cluster; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | seeds on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | numerous, usually fuzzier below, alternate, entire, stalkless |
| Habitat: | sun; dry; woods, forests, fields |
| (Glossary) |
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