Verticordia pennigera

taxobox
name = "Verticordia pennigera"


image_caption = Painting of "Verticordia pennigera" by Ellis Rowan
status_system = DECF
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Myrtales
familia = Myrtaceae
genus = "Verticordia"
species = "V. pennigera"
binomial = "Verticordia pennigera"
binomial_authority = 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 "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

*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=

External links

*FloraBase|name= "Verticordia pennigera"|id=6107
*APNI | name = "Verticordia pennigera" | id = 49184