Verticordia patens

taxobox
name = "Verticordia patens"
status_system = DECF
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Myrtales
familia = Myrtaceae
genus = "Verticordia"
species = "V. patens"
binomial = "Verticordia patens"
binomial_authority = A.S.George|

"Verticordia patens" is a slender woody shrub found in Western Australia. It is between 200 - 1300 mm tall and has yellow and green flowers, held out in rounded bunches. It was first described in "The Western Australian Naturalist" (10: 30, 1966) by Alexander George, from a collection he made at Moore River, Western Australia i 1964. George recorded that the species was found "in sandy clay with "Eucalyptus calophylla" and "Dryandra sessilis" (later transferred to "Banksia sessilis"). The species has been found in a range of gravelly or sandy soils, specimens have been recorded at the Geraldton Sandplains and inland to the Jarrah Forest, a collection has also been made on the Esperance Plains.

References

*cite book |last=George (Berndt) |first=Elizabeth A. |authorlink= |coauthors= Margaret Pieroni (illustrations) |editor= |others= |title= Verticordia: the turner of hearts|edition= |series= |date= |year=2002 |month= |publisher=University of Western Australia Press |location=Crawley |language= |isbn=1 876 268 46 8 |pages= |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote=
*FloraBase|name= "Verticordia patens"|id=6105
*APNI|name= "Verticordia patens"|id=48903