| Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
| Scientific name | Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Bentham & Hooker f. |
| Synonyms | Anaphalis cinnamomea (de Candolle) C. B. Clarke; Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Bentham & Hooker f. subsp. angustior (Miquel) Kitamura & H. Hara; Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Bentham & Hooker f. var. angustior (Miquel) Nakai; Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Bentham & Hooker f. var. intercedens Hara; Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Bentham & Hooker f. var. occidentalis (Greene) Heller; Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Bentham & Hooker f. var. revoluta Suksdorf; Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Bentham & Hooker f. var. subalpina (A. Gray) A. Gray; Anaphalis occidentalis (Greene) Heller; Anaphalis timmua D. Don; Antennaria cinnamomea de Candolle; Antennaria cinnamomea de Candolle var. angustior Miquel; Antennaria margaritacea R. Brown; Gnaphalium margaritaceum L. |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) yama haha-ko (ヤマハハコ, 山母子 [meaning: mountain mather and children]) |
| (English common name) pearly everlasting | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region) |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Canada, USA | |
| Habitat | Alpine or subalpine field |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=28 |
| Description | Plants electing 30-70cm tall. Leaves 6-9cm long, 1-1.5cm wide, hairy. Flowers white involucres ca. 5mm long, flowering in August to September. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook. f. |
| Anaphalis margaritacea (Linnaeus) Bentham & Hooker f. | |
| Anaphalis DC. | |
| Biological control of knapweed by Pythium rostratum (US Patent 5455219/1995) | |
| Native herbal coverscent (US Patent 5833992/1998) |
| August 2006 at Mt. Yunomaru |
August 2006 at Mt. Yunomaru |
August 2006 at Mt. Yunomaru |