MOUNTAIN EVERLASTING
Antennaria dioica
Daisy & Dandelion Family [Asteraceae] 
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Daisy & Dandelion Family [Asteraceae]
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| 1st June 2012, Buachaille Etive Beag, Rannoch Moor, West Highlands | Photo: © Gordon Anderson |
| A short and neat plant to 20cm with a small bunch of compact flowers atop in an umbel. Rooting runners spawn many nearby basal rosettes. |
| 1st June 2012, Buachaille Etive Beag, Rannoch Moor, West Highlands | Photo: © Gordon Anderson |
| White-hairy stems have short narrow lanceolate and appressed leaves. |
| 1st June 2012, Buachaille Etive Beag, Rannoch Moor, West Highlands | Photo: © Gordon Anderson |
 It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. Male flowers (as here) with white or pale-pink outer bracts. Female plants (not shown) have deeper pink bracts. the bracts may drop off. Inner disc florets pink to red.
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| 1st June 2012, Buachaille Etive Beag, Rannoch Moor, West Highlands | Photo: © Gordon Anderson |
| Basal leaves spoon-shaped with a pointed end, mid-green on top, furry white with short hairs below. |
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Not to be confused with : Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), which belongs to a differing genus within the same Daisy & Dandelion family (Asteraceae).
Some similarities to : Thrift (the flowers) and to Coltsfoot (the appressed leaves on the stem). Uniquely identifiable characteristics Distinguishing Feature : Grows on dry grassland and on heaths and moors, but mainly in hilly areas, often on mountains, hence the name. The only member of the Antennaria genus in the UK (about 45 different members worldwide).
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Daisy & Dandelion Family [Asteraceae]
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