Verticordia patens

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.

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