What is Anaphalis?
{{taxobox | name = Pearly everlasting | image = Anapahlis margaritacea.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''[[Anaphalis margaritacea]]'' | regnum = [[Plantae]] | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Asterales]] | familia = [[Asteraceae]] | tribus = [[Gnaphalieae]] | genus = '''''Anaphalis''''' | genus_authority = [[A. P. de Candolle|DC.]] ([[Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis|1838]]) }} '''''Anaphalis''''' (pronounced A-ná-pha-lis) is a genus within the [[Asteraceae]] 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]]. There is one species native to [[North America]] that is fairly well known and popular in cultivation, namely the Western Pearly Everlasting (''[[Anaphalis margaritacea]]''). Two of the species, ''[[Anaphalis javanica|A. javanica]]'' and [[Anaphalis longifolia|A. longifolia]] can be found on the mountain af the [[Java (island)|Java]] island in [[Indonesia]]. ''A. javanica'', also known as the Javanese Edelweiss, is currently an endangered species. == Species == * [[Anaphalis javanica]] (Javanese Edelweiss) * [[Anaphalis longiflora]] * [[Anaphalis longifolia]] * [[Anaphalis lorentzii]] * [[Anaphalis margaritacea]] - Western Pearly Everlasting * [[Anaphalis viscida]] - found in Mount Tambora, Indonesia {{biology-stub}} [[category:Asteraceae]]