#genus Anaphalis
- Genus Anaphalis — A genus of perennial herbaceous plants in the family Asteraceae, subfamily Asteroideae, primarily native to the mountainous and temperate regions of Asia, with a few species distributed in North America. Popularly known as 'pearly everlastings', these plants are characterized by leaves covered with grayish-white silky or woolly hairs and compact inflorescences made of globular capitula with dry, membranous, and persistent involucral bracts, often white, which retain their shape and color long after drying.