Anaphalis margaritacea




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Bentham & Hooker f.
Synonyms Anaphalis cinnamomea (de Candolle) C. B. Clarke; Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Bentham & Hooker f. subsp. angustior (Miquel) Kitamura & H. Hara; Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Bentham & Hooker f. var. angustior (Miquel) Nakai; Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Bentham & Hooker f. var. intercedens Hara; Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Bentham & Hooker f. var. occidentalis (Greene) Heller; Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Bentham & Hooker f. var. revoluta Suksdorf; Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Bentham & Hooker f. var. subalpina (A. Gray) A. Gray; Anaphalis occidentalis (Greene) Heller; Anaphalis timmua D. Don; Antennaria cinnamomea de Candolle; Antennaria cinnamomea de Candolle var. angustior Miquel; Antennaria margaritacea R. Brown; Gnaphalium margaritaceum L.
Common name (Japanese common name) yama haha-ko (ヤマハハコ, 山母子 [meaning: mountain mather and children])
(English common name) pearly everlasting
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region)
(Other nations) Korea, China, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Canada, USA
Habitat Alpine or subalpine field
Chromosomal number 2n=28
Description Plants electing 30-70cm tall. Leaves 6-9cm long, 1-1.5cm wide, hairy. Flowers white involucres ca. 5mm long, flowering in August to September. Perennial plants.
Reference Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook. f.
Anaphalis margaritacea (Linnaeus) Bentham & Hooker f.
Anaphalis DC.
Biological control of knapweed by Pythium rostratum (US Patent 5455219/1995)
Native herbal coverscent (US Patent 5833992/1998)



August 2006
at Mt. Yunomaru
August 2006
at Mt. Yunomaru
August 2006
at Mt. Yunomaru