Flower ID: IMG_7392.JPG-07-11-2023 Flower name (scientific): Anaphalis margaritacea (Linnaeus) Bentham & Joseph Dalton Hooker PY: 1873. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) ah-NAF-ah-liss mar-gar-i-TA-se-ah (or mar-gar-ee-tuh-KEE-ah) Flower name (common): Pearly Everlasting Family name (common): Aster Family name (scientific): Asteraceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From Greek for the name of an immortelle, with unknown origin. Specific epithet: Latin for pearly, or of pearls, referring to the pearly white bracts. Common name origin: The appearance of the flowers with their pearly white bracts and the persistence of the flower heads. Flower description: Size: 0.2 to 0.4 inches (5 to 10 mm) Petal count: 0 Color: yellow or yellowish-brown Other: flower arrangement, Cluster-flat Plant description: Size: 12 to 36 inches (30 to 91 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is simple Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, linear to elliptic-lanceolate (MP) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): July to September Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Woods, fields, forests, roadsides, disturbed sites, dry, semi shade to sun. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (Sweet Everlasting) has a slight similarity to Anaphalis margaritacea. Anaphalis margaritacea has separate male and female flowers, whereas Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium does not. Ethnobotany: Used by the Ojibwe to prepare a remedy for stroke (Smith, p. 362, 1932) Latitude: Longitude: Altitude: Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Dane, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Forest, Green Lake, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kewaunee, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Menominee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Polk, Portage, Price, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: Gnaphalium margaritaceum Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 850 (1753). Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym:Anaphalis margaritacea subsp. margaritacea (The other infraspecifics are Anaphalis margaritacea var. angustifolia (Franchet & Savatier) Hayata, Anaphalis margaritacea var. cinnamomea (Wallich ex de Candolle) Herder ex Maximowicz. Neither of these two infraspecifics have been recorded from North America.) Wetland Status (NC): FACU Wetland Status (MW): FACU