Scientific Name:	Anaphalis margaritacea
Pronunciation:	uh-NAFF-uh-liss marr-GAR-eet-ace-ee-ah
Common Name:	pearly everlasting
Family Name:	Asteraceae
Plant Type:	Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:	Leaves narrow, woolly, silver-gray; flower heads tiny, white, globular with yellow disk florets centre and arranged in flattish corymbs in late-summer bloom.
Course(s):	not used (off campus)

Habit: Upright Form: Pyramidal - narrowly Texture: Medium - fine Mature Size: Height: 0.4 - 0.7m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: North America Hardiness Rating: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained Landscape Uses: Attract butterflies, Dried flower or fruit, Green roof technology, Herb, Perennial border Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Surfaces: Pubescent Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Lanceolate Apices: Acute Bases: Truncate Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Head (capitulum) Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Corolla Shape: Ligulate Ovary Position: Inferior Colour (petals): Showy, White, Yellow Flower Time at Peak: Jul, Aug

Fruit Type: Cypsela (achene + calyx) Fruit Colour: Black Fruiting Time: Additional Info: Fruit insignificant

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Rhizomes

Pest Susceptibility:	Caterpillar or cutworm, ( Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Drought resistant )

Location(s): (NCA) Not Currently Available : not used Location Map

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