290 FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMP 



" White blossoms scattered on a rock ; 

 White everlasting flowers that grow 

 Where bleakest north winds beat and blow — 

 New England's amaranth." 



Lucy Larcom. 



29. Pearly Everlasting 



Anaphalis margaritacea. — J^amily, Composite. Color, 

 white. Leaves, long and narrow, without petioles, acute. 

 Time, late summer and fall. 



Stamens and pistils in different flowers. Flowers tubular, 

 in clusters at the summit of cottony stems, mixed with very 

 many leaves. The scales which surround the flowers are 

 obtuse, very white, and stand out straight and stiff, i to 2 

 feet high. These flowers retain their shape and color when 

 dry. 



30. Plantain-leaved Everlasting 



Antennaria plantaginifolia. — Family, Composite. Color, 

 yellowish white. Leaves, all silky and soft, those at root 

 spreading, inversely egg-shaped, rounded at summit, 3-nerved, 

 petioled ; those on the flower - stems lance-shaped, narrow, 

 pointed. Green above, white-woolly beneath. Time, March 

 to May. 



The fertile and sterile flowers grow in different plants, gen- 

 erally near each other, the pistil-bearing being smooth and 

 soft-downy, like cottony mittens. The staminate flowers have 

 more color and are dotted in appearance. 



An early and pretty spring flower found in rocky fields and 

 woods everywhere. It is low, 3 to 18 inches high, and spreads 

 by offsets and runners. 



31. Dwarf Dandelion. Krigia 



Krigia Virg'inica. — Family, Composite. Color, deep yel- 

 low. Leaves, mostly from the root, somewhat toothed, the 



