Asteraceae : Anaphalis margaritacea

Anaphalis margaritacea is a rhizomatous dioecious perennial herb that often grows in large patches. The stems are simple, covered with white wooly hairs, and grow from 20 to 60 cm tall. The alternate leaves are linear to linear-lanceolate, 4-9 cm long and sessile and often clasping at the base. The tops of the leaves are green, and the lower side covered with white hairs. The lower-most leaves usually withered or lacking at the time of flowering. The heads appear in July and August in flat-topped to rounded clusters. The heads have several series of imbricate involucral bracts that appear pearly-white, the involucre 5-8 mm tall and woolly at the base. The heads of male plants have numerous yellow, tubular, staminate flowers. The female plants with numerous yellow, pistillate tubular, flowers with a few functional staminate flowers. The fruits are achene-like and mature in the fall.