Verticordia patens
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Verticordia patens 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.
[edit] References
- George (Berndt), Elizabeth A.; Margaret Pieroni (illustrations) (2002). Verticordia: the turner of hearts. Crawley: University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 1 876 268 46 8.
- Verticordia patens. FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
- Verticordia patens. Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.