Asteraceae
Pearly everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Anaphalis
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Common names
By language (15)
- Chinese
- 珠光香青菊, 大叶白头翁, 山荻, 山萩, 珠光香青, 不凋菊, 珠光香青黄褐变种
- Czech
- Plesnivka perlová
- Danish
- Almindelig Perlekurv
- Dutch
- Prachtrozenkransje
- English
- Pearly everlasting, Western pearly everlasting
- Estonian
- Pärl-hõbeleht
- Finnish
- Helminukkajäkkärä
- German
- Silberimmortelle, Perlkraut, Großblütiges Perlkörbchen, Perlblume
- Japanese
- ヤマハハコ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Perleevigblomst
- Polish
- Anafalis perłowy
- Russian
- Анафалис жемчужный
- Slovenian
- Mačje tačke
- Swedish
- Pärleternell
- Welsh
- Edafeddog hirhoedlog
Synonyms
- Anaphalis angustifolia Rydb.
- Anaphalis cinnamomea var. angustior (Miq.) Nakai
- Anaphalis cinnamomea var. cinnamomea
- Anaphalis cinnomomea C.B.Clarke
- Anaphalis japonica Maxim.
- Anaphalis lanata (A.Nelson) Rydb.
- Anaphalis margaritacea f. margaritacea
- Anaphalis margaritacea subsp. angustior (Miq.) Kitam. & H.Hara
- Anaphalis margaritacea var. angustior (Miq.) Nakai
- Anaphalis margaritacea var. occidentalis Greene
- Anaphalis margaritacea var. subalpina (A.Gray) A.Gray
- Anaphalis occidentalis A.Heller
- Anaphalis sierrae A.Heller
- Anaphalis subalpina (A.Gray) Rydb.
- Anaphalis timmua D.Don
- Anaphalis yedoensis (Franch. & Sav.) Maxim.
- Antennaria cinnamomea DC.
- Antennaria cinnamomea var. angustior Miq.
- Antennaria cinnamomea var. cinnamomea
- Antennaria margaritacea (L.) Sweet
- Antennaria margaritacea (L.) Sweet
- Antennaria margaritacea var. margaritacea
- Antennaria margaritacea var. subalpina A.Gray
- Antennaria plantaginea Sweet
- Antennaria timmua D.Don
- Chamaezelum margaritaceum Link
- Gnaphalium americanum Greene
- Gnaphalium boreale Salisb.
- Gnaphalium cinnamomeum Wall.
- Gnaphalium hypophaeum Spreng. ex DC.
- Gnaphalium margaritaceum L.
- Gnaphalium margaritaceum var. margaritaceum
- Gnaphalium margaritaceum var. timua Kuntze
- Gnaphalium wightianum Thwaites
- Helichrysum margaritaceum (L.) Moench
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 10,638 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franco Folini from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ellyne Geurts, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lyrae, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.