Everlasting (Gnaphalium): The Flower That Looks Like Bulbous White Buds

Everlasting (Gnaphalium): The Flower That Looks Like Bulbous White Buds

A gardener found a plant in their strawberry bed with white bulbous things on top that didn't look like flower buds or berries. Leaves were opposite, toothed, a couple inches long.

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Expert Identification

The white bulbous things are the inflorescence (flowers). The plant is an everlasting (Gnaphalium, Pseudognaphalium, or Anaphalis), also called catfoot. The flowers don't open more than that until seed dispersal, when they open to release fluffy seeds. P. macounii and G. obtusifolium are close matches.