Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook.f., 1873 45% complete

Pearly everlasting

Gen. Pl. 2(1): 303 (1873)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Anaphalis margaritacea, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced7 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded17 Not on the record13 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Benth. & Hook.f. No source recorded
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Bibliography Gen. Pl. 2(1): 303 (1873) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1873 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Pearly everlasting No source recorded
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Family common name Aster family No source recorded
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Observations Indian Subcontinent to Russian Far East and Japan, N. America No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 20 cm
  • 19.7 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 178, 251, 256, 468, 500
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte Sourced
Flower color white, yellow Sourced
Flower conspicuous true No source recorded
Source not recorded
Foliage color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture coarse Sourced
Fruit color empty Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous false No source recorded
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Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth form Rhizomatous No source recorded
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Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Growth rate Rapid Sourced
Maximum height empty
  • 100 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 178, 251, 256, 468, 500
Not on the record
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 3 / 9 · rather dry air No source recorded
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Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 8 / 9 · light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
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Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 6 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Human usage type — Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record