Verticordia pennigera

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Verticordia pennigera
Painting of Verticordia pennigera by Ellis Rowan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida 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 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.

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• 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.