Anaphalis

Taxobox
name = Pearly everlasting


image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Anaphalis margaritacea"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Gnaphalieae
genus = "Anaphalis"
genus_authority=DC. (1838)
type_species = "Anaphalis nubigena" DC.Source: INGcite web
url = http://botany.si.edu/ing/INGsearch.cfm?searchword=Anaphalis
title = "Anaphalis"
accessdate = 2008-05-21
date = 2006-02-20
format = HTML
work = Index Nominum Genericorum
publisher = International Association for Plant Taxonomy]

"Anaphalis" ("A-ná-pha-lis") is a genus within the composite family whose members are commonly known by the name Pearly everlasting. There are around 110 species within the genus with the vast majority being native to central and southern Asia.Citation
last =Nesom
first =Guy L.
contribution =Anaphalis
year =2006
title =Flora of North America
editor-last =Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+
editor-first =
volume =19
pages =426
contribution-url =http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=101580
place=New York & Oxford
publisher =Oxford University Press
id =] There is one species native to North America that is fairly well known and popular in cultivation, namely the western pearly everlasting ("Anaphalis margaritacea").

The name probably derives from the common practice of drying the flowers and stems for decorations through winter months. The Pearly everlasting was used extensively by Native Americans for a variety of medicinal purposes.

Two of the species, "A. javanica" and "A. longifolia" can be found on the mountain af the Java island in Indonesia. "A. javanica", also known as the Javanese Edelweiss, is currently an endangered species.

Selected Species

* "Anaphalis javanica" (Javanese Edelweiss)
* "Anaphalis longiflora"
* "Anaphalis longifolia"
* "Anaphalis lorentzii"
* "Anaphalis margaritacea"
* "Anaphalis viscida" - found in Mount Tambora, Indonesia

References

External links

* [http://herbarium.uvsc.edu/Virtual/search.asp?s=genus&p=1&n=831&t=Anaphalis UVSC Herbarium - Anaphalis]