Common Name: pearly-everlastingScientific Name: Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Bentham & Hooker f.Family Name: Asteraceae (Compositae) - Aster or Sunflower FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed and rhizomes stems - upright, white-woolly, leafy Leavesalternate, narrow, woolly, silver-gray, less hairy above Flowers heads of yellow disk (tubulate) flowers; pearly white, petal-like bracts; terminal clusters nearly flat-topped; dioecious, male and female flower on separate plants