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Verticordia Bifimbriata
''Verticordia bifimbriata'' is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an open shrub with small leaves and spikes of pink flowers. Description ''Verticordia bifimbriata'' is an open branched shrub with a single stem at its base and which grows to a height of and a width of . The leaves are thick, narrow elliptic in shape, concave, long and irregularly toothed along their margins. The flowers are scented and arranged in spikes near the ends of the branches, each flower on a stalk long. The floral cup is top-shaped, long, has 5 rounded ribs and a mostly smooth surface. The sepals are pink, long, with 6 to 9 lobes with thread-like fringes and prominent fringed appendages. The petals are pink, with a fringe of branching threads. The style is curved, about long, and has a beard of hairs long. Flowering time is from late November to May. Taxonomy and naming ''Verticordia bifimbriata'' was first formally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex George (botanist)
Alexander Segger George (born 4 April 1939) is a Western Australian botanist. He is the authority on the plant genera ''Banksia'' and ''Dryandra''. The "bizarre" Restionaceae genus '' Alexgeorgea'' was named in his honour in 1976. Early life Alex Segger George was born in Western Australia on 4 April 1939. Career George joined the Western Australian Herbarium as a laboratory assistant at the age of twenty in 1959. He worked under Charles Gardner for a year before the latter's retirement, and partly credits him with rekindling an interest in banksias. In 1963 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Australia, and the following year added a botany major. Continuing at the Western Australian Herbarium as a botanist, in 1968 he was seconded as Australian Botanical Liaison Officer at the Royal Botanic Gardens in London. George also has an interest in history, especially historical biography of naturalists in Western Australia. He has published a number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Sect
:For the clam genus, see ''Verticordia'' (bivalve). ''Verticordia'' is a genus of more than 100 species of plants commonly known as featherflowers, in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. They range in form from very small shrubs such as '' V. verticordina'' to trees like '' V. cunninghamii'', some spindly, others dense and bushy, but the majority are woody shrubs up to tall. The flowers are variously described as "feathery", "woolly" or "hairy" and are found in most colours except blue. They often appear to be in rounded groups or spikes but in fact are always single, each flower borne on a separate stalk in a leaf axil. Each flower has five sepals and five petals all of a similar size with the sepals often having feathery or hairy lobes. There are usually ten stamens alternating with variously shaped staminodes. The style is simple, usually not extending beyond the petals and often has hairs near the tip. All but two species are found in Southwest Australia, the other two occurring i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Centipeda
''Verticordia centipeda'' is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with a single stem at the base, small crowded leaves and greenish-pink flowers with a silvery fringe, in spike-like groups on the ends of the branches. It is common in areas around Geraldton. Description ''Verticordia centipeda'' is a shrub which grows to a height of and a spread of and which has a single, highly branched stem at its base. Its leaves are egg-shaped to elliptic, long, about wide, dished and with many short hairs along their edges. The flowers are lightly scented and arranged in spike-like groups, each flower on a stalk long. The floral cup is top-shaped, long, glabrous with 5 ribs and tiny green appendages. The sepals are greenish-pink, long, with 5 or 6 main lobes with silvery fringes. The petals are pink, , with a fringe about long. The style is bent, long and has hairs long. Flowering time is from Octob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Mitodes
''Verticordia mitodes'' is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with a single, highly-branched main stem, small leaves and small spikes of magenta-coloured flowers in late spring. Description ''Verticordia mitodes'' is a shrub with a single main stem with many side branches, which grows to a height of and wide. Its leaves are broadly elliptic to egg-shaped, long, wide and are covered with short hairs. The flowers are sweetly scented and are arranged in spike-like groups, each flower on a spreading stalk long. The floral cup is a top-shaped, about long, 5-ribbed and glabrous with rounded green appendages. The sepals are long, pale pink to magenta-coloured and have between 5 and 7 hairy lobes. The petals are a similar colour to the sepals, long and have a fringe a further long. The style is long, curved and has a tuft of hairs near the tip. Flowering time is from late October to Decem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Tumida
''Verticordia tumida'', commonly known as summer featherflower, is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the north-west of Western Australia. It is an open shrub with very small leaves and clusters of deep pink flowers from late spring to early winter. Description ''Verticordia tumida'' is an open shrub with many side-branches and which usually grows to a height of . The leaves are elliptic or egg-shaped, long and about wide. The flowers are scented and arranged in short, spike-like groups near the ends of the branches, each flower on a spreading stalk long. The floral cup is top-shaped, about long and glabrous with thick green appendages long. The sepals are long, spreading, deep pink with 5 or 10 feathery lobes. The petals are a similar colour to the petals, about long, with a fringe long. The style is about long, curved near the tip and hairy. Flowering time is from late October to April, sometimes later. Taxonomy and naming ''Ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Attenuata
''Verticordia attenuata'' is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with a single main stem, small leaves and pink to purple flowers which fade to white as they age. It usually grows in sand in areas that are wet in winter, often amongst grasses and is found in coastal areas near Bunbury. Description ''Verticordia attenuata'' is an erect, open shrub with a single stem at its base and which grows to a height of and wide. Its leaves are elliptic to narrow egg-shaped, long and have a few short hairs along their edges. The flowers are arranged in spike-like groups each with a stalk about long. The floral cup is top-shaped, warty, about long and has 5 rounded ribs. The sepals are long, with 7 or 8 lobes with hairy fringes. The petals are pink, long, narrower at the tip with a fringe only at the tip. The style is about long and hairy. Flowering time is usually from December to April. Taxonomy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Luteola
''Verticordia luteola'' is a flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a more or less openly branched shrub with crowded leaves on its side branches and spikes of pale yellow or bright pink flowers which turn cream to brownish as they age. This verticordia is a summer-flowering species. Description ''Verticordia luteola'' is usually an open-branches shrub which grows to a height of and up to wide. Its leaves are closely packed, more or less overlapping, egg-shaped to elliptic, slightly dished, long and covered with short hairs. The flowers are lightly scented and are arranged along the stems in spike-like groups, each flower on a spreading stalk long. The floral cup is a top-shaped, about long, 5-ribbed and glabrous with rounded green appendages long. The sepals are long, pale yellow to greenish-pink, turning lemon-cream as they age and have between 7 and 9 silvery, hairy lobes. The petals are a similar col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Paludosa
''Verticordia paludosa'' is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an openly branched shrub with small leaves and pink to magenta flowers with spreading, feathery sepals and erect, fringed petals in summer and autumn. Description ''Verticordia paludosa'' is a shrub with a single main stem and a few side branches, which grows to a height of and wide. Its leaves are elliptic to egg-shaped, long, dished on the upper surface and covered with short hairs. The flowers are scented and are arranged in spike-like groups, each flower on a spreading stalk long. Before the flower opens the bud is enclosed by two fringed bracteoles. The floral cup is top-shaped, about long, 5-ribbed and glabrous with rounded appendages which merge with the hypanthium. The sepals are long, pink to magenta-coloured and have between 6 and 7 feathery lobes. The petals are a similar colour to the sepals, long, erect, egg-shaped and with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Wonganensis
''Verticordia wonganensis'' is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub which grows near Wongan Hills and has a single main stem, small leaves and spike-like groups of large, pink, feathery flowers. Description ''Verticordia wonganensis'' is a shrub with a single main branch and which usually grows to a height of and up to wide. The leaves are arranged in decussate pairs, elliptic in shape, long and more or less pressed against the stem. The flowers are scented and arranged in spike-like groups near the ends of the branches, each flower on a spreading stalk about long. The floral cup is top-shaped, about long, has 5 ribs and green appendages and is glabrous and slightly rough. The sepals are long, pink and spreading with 7 to 8 hairy lobes. The petals are bright pink, long and erect with a fringe a further long. The style is long, hairy and curved near the tip. Flowering time is from November t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Drummondii
''Verticordia drummondii'', commonly known as Drummond's featherflower, is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, openly to densely branched shrub with small, narrow leaves and pink to purple flowers in small heads near the ends of the branches. Description ''Verticordia drummondii'' is a shrub which grows to a height of and a spread of , although sometimes as high as and which has a single, sometimes highly branched stem at its base. Its leaves are narrow egg-shaped, long with a rounded end but with a very short point. The flowers are scented and arranged in spike-like groups, each flower on a stalk long. The floral cup is top-shaped, about long, glabrous with 5 ribs and small green appendages. The sepals are pale to bright pink, long, with 5 to 7 hairy lobes. The petals are erect, pink or white, long, roughly circular in shape with a fringe about long. The style is curved, long and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Carinata
''Verticordia carinata'', commonly known as pea-shaped featherflower or Stirling Range featherflower, is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with small, well-spaced leaves and pink and red flowers. It is a rarely seen plant, not known between its description in 1849 and its rediscovery in 1990. Description ''Verticordia carinata'' is a slender, spindly shrub which grows to a height of and has a single, branching stem at its base. The leaves are well spaced along the branches, elliptic to oblong in shape, dished, long and have fine, short hairs on their edges. The flowers are scented, arranged in a double-sided spike with one flower per leaf axil, held horizontally on a stalk long. The flowers open gradually from the bottom of the spike and superficially resemble pea flowers. The floral cup is top-shaped, long and glabrous. The sepals are magenta to pink, fading as they age, long, with 5 or 6 fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Lindleyi
''Verticordia lindleyi'' is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is sometimes an openly branched shrub, other times more or less dense, with small leaves and spreading, spike-like groups of pink or purple flowers along the stems in summer, sometimes also in autumn. Description ''Verticordia lindleyi'' is a shrub which grows to a height of usually with one main stem, either openly or densely branched. Its leaves are egg-shaped to elliptic, slightly dished, long and covered with short hairs. The flowers are lightly scented and are arranged along the stems in spike-like groups, each flower on a spreading stalk long. The floral cup is a top-shaped, about long, 5-ribbed and glabrous with rounded green appendages about long. The sepals are pink or purple, occasionally white, long, with 5 to 7 hairy lobes. The petals are a similar colour to the sepals, egg-shaped, long and sometimes have a few small teeth on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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