[Members of the Sunflower Family with Button-like Heads of Mt. Adams]

Pearly-everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting

Anaphalis margaritacea

Synonyms: Anaphalis margaritacea var. margaritacea, Anaphalis margaritacea var. occidentalis, Anaphalis margaritacea var. subalpina, Gnaphalium margaritaceum

Inflorescence of Pearly-everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea (Synonyms: Anaphalis margaritacea var. margaritacea, Anaphalis margaritacea var. occidentalis, Anaphalis margaritacea var. subalpina, Gnaphalium margaritaceum) - Pearly-everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea (Synonyms: Anaphalis margaritacea var. margaritacea, Anaphalis margaritacea var. occidentalis, Anaphalis margaritacea var. subalpina, Gnaphalium margaritaceum)

The photo at left shows a close-up view of the inflorescence of pearly-everlasting as seen at about 2800' along Rd K6000 at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.........July 10, 2005. The photo at right shows pearly-everlasting in bloom along the Stagman Ridge Trail #12, Mount Adams Wilderness......August 9, 2021.

Pearly-everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea (Synonyms: Anaphalis margaritacea var. margaritacea, Anaphalis margaritacea var. occidentalis, Anaphalis margaritacea var. subalpina, Gnaphalium margaritaceum) - Pearly-everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea (Synonyms: Anaphalis margaritacea var. margaritacea, Anaphalis margaritacea var. occidentalis, Anaphalis margaritacea var. subalpina, Gnaphalium margaritaceum)

Pearly everlastings as seen at left in bloom along the South Climb Trail #183 above the Cold Springs trailhead, Mt. Adams, Gifford Pinchot National Forest......August 30, 2018. The photo at right shows pearly everlastings in bloom along the Stagman Ridge Trail #12 at Grassy Hill, Mt. Adams Wilderness......August 7, 2020.

Inflorescence of Pearly-everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea (Synonyms: Anaphalis margaritacea var. margaritacea, Anaphalis margaritacea var. occidentalis, Anaphalis margaritacea var. subalpina, Gnaphalium margaritaceum)

The photo above shows pearly-everlasting as seen along the Crofton Ridge Trail #73 in the Mt. Adams Wilderness.........August 22, 2008.

Pearly-everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea (Synonyms: Anaphalis margaritacea var. margaritacea, Anaphalis margaritacea var. occidentalis, Anaphalis margaritacea var. subalpina, Gnaphalium margaritaceum) - Pearly-everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea (Synonyms: Anaphalis margaritacea var. margaritacea, Anaphalis margaritacea var. occidentalis, Anaphalis margaritacea var. subalpina, Gnaphalium margaritaceum)

Pearly-everlastings in full bloom along the Bird Lake Trail about one-quarter mile uphill from Bird Lake, Yakama Nation lands at Bird Creek Meadows.....August 18, 2023.

Pearly-everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea (Synonyms: Anaphalis margaritacea var. margaritacea, Anaphalis margaritacea var. occidentalis, Anaphalis margaritacea var. subalpina, Gnaphalium margaritaceum) - Pearly-everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea (Synonyms: Anaphalis margaritacea var. margaritacea, Anaphalis margaritacea var. occidentalis, Anaphalis margaritacea var. subalpina, Gnaphalium margaritaceum)

Several views of pearly everlastings colonizing forest burnt by the 2016 Cougar Creek Fire along the Bluff Lake Trail at the saddle just west of Bluff Lake, Bird Creek Meadows, Mt. Adams......September 6, 2021.

Pearly-everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea (Synonyms: Anaphalis margaritacea var. margaritacea, Anaphalis margaritacea var. occidentalis, Anaphalis margaritacea var. subalpina, Gnaphalium margaritaceum) - Pearly-everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea (Synonyms: Anaphalis margaritacea var. margaritacea, Anaphalis margaritacea var. occidentalis, Anaphalis margaritacea var. subalpina, Gnaphalium margaritaceum)

Several additional views of pearly everlastings colonizing forest burnt by the 2016 Cougar Creek Fire along the Bluff Lake Trail at the saddle just west of Bluff Lake, Bird Creek Meadows, Mt. Adams......September 4, 2022.

Pearly Everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea (Synonyms: Anaphalis margaritacea var. angustior, Anaphalis margaritacea var. intercedens, Anaphalis margaritacea var. margaritacea, Anaphalis margaritacea var. occidentalis, Anaphalis margaritacea var. revoluta, Anaphalis margaritacea var. subalpina, Anaphalis occidentalis, Gnaphalium margaritaceum) - Pearly Everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea (Synonyms: Anaphalis margaritacea var. angustior, Anaphalis margaritacea var. intercedens, Anaphalis margaritacea var. margaritacea, Anaphalis margaritacea var. occidentalis, Anaphalis margaritacea var. revoluta, Anaphalis margaritacea var. subalpina, Anaphalis occidentalis, Gnaphalium margaritaceum)

Pearly everlastings as seen growing along the Roads End Trail #201A, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness..........August 18, 2011.

Paul Slichter