Verticordia pennigera
| Verticordia pennigera | |
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| Painting of Verticordia pennigera by Ellis Rowan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Verticordia |
| Species: | V. pennigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Verticordia pennigera Endl. | |
Verticordia pennigera is a small erect or prostrate shrub found throughout Southwest Australia. The flowers are pink and fringed. The species occurs on soils that are sandy or clay types; frequently gravelly or granitic. While sometimes erect to 600 mm, though perhaps straggly in habit, the species is often found as a prostrate shrub; the many branches radiate out to a height of just 150 mm.
The botanist who named this species, Stephan Endlicher, gave its first description in his Enumeratio Plantarum; this was based on material collected by Carl von Hügel. The lectotype for the species was selected from the collection of James Drummond, in a 1991 revision of the genus, by Alex George. A synonym for this binary name is Verticordia setigera, named by John Lindley, in A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony.
References
- Elizabeth A. (Berndt) George; Margaret Pieroni (illustrator) (2002). Verticordia: the turner of hearts. Crawley: University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 1-876268-46-8.
External links
- "Verticordia pennigera". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
- "Verticordia pennigera". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.