Anaphalis is a genus of herbaceous and woody flowering plants within the family Asteraceae, whose members are commonly known by the name pearl or pearly everlasting.[3] There are around 110 species with the vast majority being native to central and southern Asia.[4][5][6] 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. This plant 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 mountainsides on the Island of Java in Indonesia. Anaphalis javanica, also known as the Javanese Edelweiss, is currently an endangered species.
Anaphalis is a genus of herbaceous and woody flowering plants within the family Asteraceae, whose members are commonly known by the name pearl or pearly everlasting. There are around 110 species with the vast majority being native to central and southern Asia. 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. This plant 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 mountainsides on the Island of Java in Indonesia. Anaphalis javanica, also known as the Javanese Edelweiss, is currently an endangered species.
Species Anaphalis acutifolia Hand.-Mazz. Anaphalis adnata Wall. ex DC. Anaphalis alpicola Makino Anaphalis araneosa DC. Anaphalis arfakensis Mattf. Anaphalis aristata (DC.) DC. Anaphalis aureopunctata Lingelsh. & Borza Anaphalis barnesii C.E.C.Fisch. Anaphalis batangensis Y.L.Chen Anaphalis beddomei Hook.f. Anaphalis bicolor (Franch.) Diels Anaphalis boissieri Georgiadou Anaphalis brevifolia DC. Anaphalis bulleyana (Jeffrey) C.C.Chang Anaphalis busua (Buch.-Ham.) DC. Anaphalis candollei Georgiadou Anaphalis cavei Chatterjee Anaphalis chilensis Reiche Anaphalis chlamydophylla Diels Anaphalis chungtienensis Y.L.Chen Anaphalis cinerascens Ling & W.Wang Anaphalis contorta (D.Don) Hook.f. Anaphalis contortiformis Hand.-Mazz. Anaphalis cooperi Grierson & Spring. Anaphalis corymbifera C.C.Chang Anaphalis cuneifolia (DC.) Hook.f. Anaphalis cutchica C.B.Clarke Anaphalis darvasica Boriss. Anaphalis delavayi (Franch.) Diels Anaphalis depauperata Boriss. Anaphalis deserti J.R.Drumm. Anaphalis elegans Ling Anaphalis flaccida Ling Anaphalis flavescens Hand.-Mazz. Anaphalis fruticosa Hook.f. Anaphalis garanica Boriss. Anaphalis gracilis Hand.-Mazz. Anaphalis griffithii Hook.f. Anaphalis hancockii Maxim. Anaphalis hellwigii Warb. Anaphalis himachalensis Aswal & Goel Anaphalis hondae Kitam. Anaphalis hookeri C.B.Clarke Anaphalis horaimontana Masam. Anaphalis hymenolepis Ling Anaphalis javanica (DC.) Sch.Bip. Anaphalis kashmiriana P.C.Pant, R.R.Rao & G.Arti Anaphalis kokonorica (Y.Ling) Grubov Anaphalis lactea Maxim. Anaphalis larium Hand.-Mazz. Anaphalis latialata Ling & Y.L.Chen Anaphalis latifolia Kinzik. & Vainberg Anaphalis lawii (Hook.f.) Gamble Anaphalis leptophylla (DC.) DC. Anaphalis likiangensis (Franch.) Y.Ling Anaphalis longifolia (Blume) Blume ex DC. Anaphalis marcescens (Wight) C.B.Clarke Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook.f. Anaphalis margaritaceae L. Anaphalis maxima (Kuntze) Steenis Anaphalis meeboldii W.W.Sm. Anaphalis morrisonicola Hayata Anaphalis mucronata C.B.Clarke ex Hemsl. Anaphalis muliensis (Hand.-Mazz.) Hand.-Mazz. Anaphalis nagasawai Hayata Anaphalis neelgerryana (DC.) DC. Anaphalis nepalensis (Spreng.) Hand.-Mazz. Anaphalis notoniana (DC.) DC. Anaphalis nubigena DC. Anaphalis oxyphylla Ling & C.Shih Anaphalis pachylaena Y.L.Chen & Ling Anaphalis pannosa Hand.-Mazz. Anaphalis patentifolia Rech.f. Anaphalis pedicellatum T.Anderson Anaphalis pelliculata Trimen Anaphalis plicata Kitam. Anaphalis porphyrolepis Ling & Y.L.Chen Anaphalis pseudocinnamomea Grierson Anaphalis racemifera Franch. Anaphalis rhododactyla W.W.Sm. Anaphalis roseoalba Krasch. Anaphalis royleana DC. Anaphalis sarawschanica (C.Winkl.) B.Fedtsch. Anaphalis saxatilis (DC.) Boerl. Anaphalis scopulosa Boriss. Anaphalis sinica Hance Anaphalis souliei Diels Anaphalis spodiophylla Ling & Y.L.Chen Anaphalis staintonii Georgiadou Anaphalis stenocephala Ling & C.Shih Anaphalis subdecurrens (DC.) Gamble Anaphalis subtilis Kinzik. & Vainberg Anaphalis subumbellata C.B.Clarke Anaphalis suffruticosa Hand.-Mazz. Anaphalis sulphurea (Trimen) Grierson Anaphalis surculosa (Hand.-Mazz.) Hand.-Mazz. Anaphalis szechuanensis Ling & Y.L.Chen Anaphalis tenuicaulis Boriss. Anaphalis tenuisissima C.C.Chang Anaphalis thwaitesii C.B.Clarke Anaphalis tibetica Kitam. Anaphalis transnokoensis Sasaki Anaphalis travancorica W.W.Sm. Anaphalis triplinervis (Sims) Sims ex C.B.Clarke Anaphalis velutina Krasch. Anaphalis virens C.C.Chang Anaphalis virgata Thomson Anaphalis viridis Cummins Anaphalis viscida (Blume) DC. Anaphalis wightiana (Wall ex DC.) DC. Anaphalis xylorhiza Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f. Anaphalis yangii Y.L.Chen & Y.L.Lin Anaphalis yunnanensis (Franch.) Diels Anaphalis zeylanica C.B.Clarke