WILD FLOWERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES 
united into a tube and separating into short teeth or reduced to hairs ; stamens 5, with the anthers 
united, or o ; carpels 2, united, or o. Fruit an achene tipped with the calyx-hairs (pappus). 
Woolly perennials with alternate, entire leaves. 
Mountain Everlasting or Cat’s-foot. (Antennaria dioiea, R. Br.)— ' The only 
British species (as just described). Flower-heads few, 2-5, in a flat cluster (corymb). Noticeable 
from the “everlasting” membranous white or rose-coloured flower-bracts (involucre) which survive 
the flowers and leaves ; the leaves are strap-shaped, green above and cottony beneath. 
Common in the North of England, in Wales, and Ireland, on heaths and mountains. June — 
August. Perennial. 
^EVERLASTING. (ANAPHALIS, DC.) — A similar genus to the last, represented by the 
garden Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritaeea). It is not a native, but an escape from 
cultivation. The flower-heads are numerous, in flat terminal clusters, the bracts are broad and 
white, the florets yellowish, the stem 2-3 feet high, and the leaves narrow and pointed. 
Very rare. Naturalised in South Wales, Scotland, and the Channel Isles. July — August. Perennial. 
CUDWEED. (GNAPHALIUM, LINN.) — Flower-heads small, solitary or in clusters (corymbs). 
Florets all tubular, minute, the outer without stamens (female) and with the tubular corolla 
reduced to hairs ; the inner without pistils (male). Flower-bracts membranous, frequently coloured. 
Calyx-tube tipped with hairs ; petals 5, united into a tube and separating into 5 short teeth, or 
hair-like (filiform) in the female florets ; stamens 5, with the united anthers with bristles (tails at 
their base), or o ; carpels 2, united, or o. Fruit an achene, tipped with the slender, silky calyx- 
hairs (pappus). Small cottony herbs with alternate, entire, slender leaves. 
Marsh Cudweed. (Gnaphalium uliginosum, Linn.)— As just described. Flower-heads 
in dense terminal clusters, surrounded and overtopped by leaves. Florets yellowish-brown. 
Flower-bracts shining, membranous, light brown. Stem 2-9 inches high, much branched from 
the base, cottony ; leaves strap-shaped and cottony. 
Common in damp places, especially where water has stood in the winter. July — September. 
Annual. 
Jersey Cudweed. (Gnaphalium luteo-album, Linn.)— Flower-heads half sunk in wool, 
in terminal masses (corymbs). Florets dull-red. [As just described in the genus Gnaphalium.] 
Flower-bracts shining, membranous, straw-coloured. Stem 3-18 inches high, sometimes solitary, 
sometimes with a few branches from the base ; the leaves strap-shaped, very cottony. 
Found chiefly in the Channel Isles. July — August. Annual. 
Wood Cudweed. (Gnaphalium sylvaticum, Linn.)— Flower-heads of yellowish florets 
arranged in small clusters up an erect, long, solitary, leafy stem. [As described in the genus 
Gnaphalium.] Flower-bracts, inner membranous, outer green with a dark-brown margin. Stem 
3-18 inches high, erect, unbranched, downy, with simple narrow, pointed leaves. Whole plant 
whitish. [Plate 65. 
Common. Fields, gravelly heaths, etc. July — September. Perennial. 
Highland Cudweed. (Gnaphalium norvegieum, Cunn.)— Similar to the Wood 
Cudweed (Gnaphalium sylvaticum), but with a closer, denser spike, darker flower-bracts, and 
broader leaves. 
Only found on mountains in the Highlands. August — September. Perennial. 
Dwarf Cudweed. (Gnaphalium supinum, Linn.) — Resembling dwarf specimens 
of the Wood Cudweed, but with 1-7 flower-heads clustered in a short terminal, almost 
