COMPOSITE FAMILY 



PEARLY EVERLASTING 



Andphalis margariidcea 



Anaphalis, a Greek name of some similar plant. 



A native perennial herb, noticeable for its white stems 

 and flowers, common in dry pastures, borders of wood- 

 lands, and recent clearings. Newfoundland to Alaska, 

 southward to North Carolina, reported from California. 

 America, Europe, Asia. July-September. 



Stem. — Erect, white, with densely matted, woolly 

 hairs, one to three feet high, corymbosely branched at 

 the summit. 



Leaves. — Alternate, upper leaves small, narrow, linear- 

 lanceolate, sessile, woolly beneath; lower leaves broader, 

 edges rolled backward, green downy above and woolly 

 beneath, midrib conspicuous; lowest leaves often spatu- 

 late, obtuse. 



Flower-heads. — Discoid-composite, all the florets tubu- 

 lar, dioecious, white, borne in small terminal or axillary, 

 flat clusters. Involucre bell-shaped; bracts white, im- 

 bricated in several rows, those of the outer row short. 

 Receptacle convex. In staminate flower-heads the cor- 

 olla is slender, style undivided, and pappus of slender 

 bristles, not thickened at the summit, anthers tailed at 

 base. In pistillate flower-heads, the tubular corolla 

 is five-toothed, style two-cleft, and pappus abundant; 

 akenes oblong. 



The Pearly Everlasting is one of the most exquisite 

 creatures of the roadside. In early August, along 

 upland roads and in mountain pastures, it appears as 

 a group of white, leafy stems rising from a bed of 

 white leaves, each stem bearing at its summit a cluster 

 of buds of pearly shape and lustre. The color effect 

 of the plant is white, an examination shows that this 



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