Anaphalis margaritacea
Pearly Everlasting

Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)

Photo taken at Leavenworth Ski Hill, partially shaded area near road

Flowers:

heads about 1 cm wide; phyllaries pearly white; disk flower corolla 4 to 5 mm, pistillate flower corolla 4 to 6 mm

Fruit:

0.5 to 1 mm, papillate

Leaves:

3 to 10 cm, sessile, entire; linear to lanceolate; less hairy above, white-tomentose below

Plant:

white-wooly perennial; rhizomatous; 2 to 9 dm tall

Habitat:

woods, roadsides, disturbed places

Distribution of species:

Alaska to California, eastern North America, Eurasia

Distribution of genus:

60 to 100 species: North America and Asia