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Anaphalis margaritacea

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Name

Identification
Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook.f. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Antennaria timmua D.Don [family ASTERACEAE ] Gnaphalium timmua Buch.-Ham. ex Spreng. [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Anaphalis cinnamomea
  • Antennaria timmua
  • Antennaria cinnamomea
  • Antennaria japonica
  • Gnaphalium cinnamomeum
  • Gnaphalium margaritaceum
  • Anaphalis margaritacea
  • Gnaphalium timmua
Common name
  • Pearly everlasting, Flora of North America Vol. 19
  • immortelle blanche, Flora of North America Vol. 19
  • anaphale marguerite, Flora of North America Vol. 19

Flora

Entry for Anaphalis margaritacea (Linnaeus) Bentham & Hooker f. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 19,
Names
Anaphalis margaritacea (Linnaeus) Bentham & Hooker f. [family COMPOSITAE], Gen. Pl., 2: 303. 1873
Gnaphalium margaritaceum Linnaeus [family COMPOSITAE], Sp. Pl., 2: 850. 1753
Anaphalis margaritacea var. occidentalis Greene [family COMPOSITAE]
Anaphalis margaritacea var. subalpina (A. Gray) A. Gray [family COMPOSITAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Guy L. Nesom
Information
Perennials; rhizomes relatively slender. Stems white, densely and closely tomentose, not glandular. Leaf blades 1–3-nerved, 3–10(–15) cm, bases subclasping, decurrent, margins revolute, abaxial faces tomentose or glabrescent (proximal leaves), not glandular or very sparsely and inconspicuously glandular, adaxial faces green, glabrate. Involucres 5–7 × 6–8(–10) mm. Phyllaries ovate to nearly linear (innermost), subequal to unequal, apices white, opaque. Cypselae 0.5–1 mm, bases constricted into stipiform carpopodia. 2n = 28.
Phenology
jul-aug (summer), sep-oct (fall)
Altitude range
0–3200 m;
Distribution
St. Pierre and MiquelonMexico (Baja California)Asiaintroduced in Europe.USA AlaskaUSA Ariz.USA Ark.USA Calif.USA Colo.USA Conn.USA Del.USA IdahoUSA Ill.USA Ind.USA IowaUSA Ky.USA MaineUSA Md.USA Mass.USA Mich.USA Minn.USA Mont.USA Nebr.USA Nev.USA N.H.USA N.J.USA N.Mex.USA N.Y.USA N.C.USA OhioUSA Oreg.USA Pa.USA R.I.USA S.Dak.USA Tenn.USA Tex.USA UtahUSA Vt.USA Va.USA Wash.USA W.Va.USA Wis.USA Wyo.Canada Alta.Canada B.C.Canada Man.Canada N.B.Canada Nfld. and Labr.Canada N.W.T.Canada N.S.Canada Ont.Canada P.E.I. Que.Canada Sask.Canada Yukon
Discussion
Anaphalis margaretacea was widely planted as an ornamental and escaped. It apparently naturalized from its native range in both Asia and North America; it is cultivated and naturalized in Europe.
Anaphalis margaritacea has the aspect of Pseudognaphalium; it differs in being subdioecious (polygamo-dioecious; the heads either staminate or primarily pistillate) and in its distinctive cypselar vestiture. It is further recognized by its combination of rhizomatous habit, subclasping-decurrent, bicolor, revolute leaves, and distally white phyllaries. Segregate species and varieties have been described among the North American plants (in addition to the two cited above), based on variation in habit, vestiture, and leaf morphology and density, but the variants appear to be more like a complex series of ecotypes rather than broader evolutionary entities.

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