Pearly Everlasting

Notes:

Anaphalis margaritacea, commonly called pearly everlasting, is a North American native plant that grows to 3' tall and typically occurs on dry, sandy or gravelly sites. An upright, clump-forming plant that features attractive, narrow, woolly, silver-gray foliage and tiny, white, globular flowers with yellow center stamens arranged in flattish clusters (corymbs) on erect stems. Late-summer bloom. Fluffy flower heads are valued for dried flower arrangements. Genus name comes from the classical Greek name for another of the everlastings.