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Plant ID (Portland, OR Zone 8) - pearly everlasting, Anaphalis margaritacea

Kyle Emory

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Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help me ID this plant.

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bernetta putnam

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some type of sage maybe?

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Anita Martin

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Looks like Helichrysum arenarium to me. Do the buds open up more?

William Schlegel

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Gnaphalium and similar genera in the Aster family present with th is appearance

Western Montana gardener and botanist in zone 6a according to 2012 zone update.
Gardening on lakebed sediments with 7 inch silty clay loam topsoil, 7 inch clay accumulation layer underneath, have added sand in places.

Kim Goodwin

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Looks like a pearly everlasting to me, Anaphalis margaritacea. We had a patch of them in my coastal mountain home area of Oregon, about 80 miles south of Portland.

Here are more pics to look at and info:USDA Distribution of pearly everlasting

Some herbal/edibility info on it: Pearly Everlasting on EdibleWildFood.com

And some more pics, ID info, and medicinal uses: Pearly Everlasting on Montana Plant Life

The flowers are very distinctly ball-shaped, with white bracts and then yellow furry parts inside, as such from Wikipedia:

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Cottonballing Plant

(Pseudognaphalium stramineum)

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