COMPOSITE FAMILY 



THE FRUIT: achenes; pappus of bristles. 



Although low-growing, yet it is one of the conspicuous 

 salt-marsh plants, for it has deep magenta-purple flower 

 heads and thick grey-green leaves, not to forget a strong, 

 pungent odour, which is supposed to be camphor-like. 



The plants wilt rather quickly after being picked, but 

 soon revive in water and last for many days, although the 

 leaves, by turning yellow, become shabby in time. 



COMPOSITE COMPOSITE FAMILY 



Anaphalis margaritacea, (L.) B. & H. 



White Silver-button Lady-never-fade, 



(Local name), Moonshine, 



July-October Pearly Everlasting, None-so-pretty, 



Life Everlasting, Cotton-weed, 



Large-flowered Poverty-weed, 



Everlasting, Indian Posy, 



Silver-leaf Ladies' Tobacco. 

 Everlasting, 



Anaphalis: said to be ancient Greek name for some similar 



plant. 

 Margaritocea: Latin, pearly. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: dry, sandy soil. 



THE PLANT: erect, one foot to three feet high, corymbosely 

 branched above; the stem clothed with flakes of white wool. 



THE LEAVES: alternate; linear-lanceolate or the lower 

 broader and spatulate; from three to five inches long; 

 above, sage green; below paler; more or less woolly on both 

 surfaces; tapering to a point at the apex; narrowed at 

 the base; stemless; entire; the margins rolled backward. 



THE FLOWER HEADS: very numerous, close-set in a com- 

 pound corymb; the staminate flowers at the centre yellow; 

 involucre bell-shaped; its bracts ovate-lanceolate, obtuse. 



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