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Verticordia Fragrans
''Verticordia fragrans'', commonly known as hollyhock verticordia, 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 egg-shaped leaves and spikes of sweetly scented, pink and white flowers in spring and early summer. Description ''Verticordia fragrans'' is a shrub which grows to a height of and a width of and has a single, openly branched stem at its base. The leaves are thin, egg-shaped to elliptic or almost round in shape, long. The flowers are sweetly scented, arranged in spreading spike-like groups, each flower on a stalk about long. The sepals are pink, rarely white, long and have 6 to 9 white feathery lobes. The petals are erect, deep to pale pink or rarely white, long, about wide with a few short hairs around the edge. The style is , curved near the top with a few hairs near the tip. Flowering time is from October to November or December. Taxonomy and naming ''Vertic ... [...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 Comosa
''Verticordia comosa'' 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, broad, almost round leaves and spikes of flowers that are pale yellow, sometimes with a white or pale pink centre. Description ''Verticordia comosa'' is a shrub with a single stem at the base but openly branched, growing to a height of and a width of . The leaves are broadly elliptic, egg-shaped or almost round, long and turned outwards from the stem. The flowers are unscented, arranged in spike-like groups on erect stalks long. The floral cup is top-shaped, long, glabrous and has 5 prominent ribs. The sepals are pale yellow, about long, with 8 or 10 lobes which have hairy fringes. The petals are pale yellow, white or pale pink, and with many pointed lobes, each about long. The style is long, curved or bent and has a tuft of hairs. Flowering time is from October to January. This species, like other v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Etheliana
''Verticordia etheliana'' is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with one highly branched main stem, egg-shaped to almost round leaves and spike-like groups of bright red flowers with greenish-cream centres. Description ''Verticordia etheliana'' is a shrub which grows to a height of and which has one highly branched stem at its base, although the plant is often openly branched. The leaves are broadly egg-shaped, elliptic or almost round, long, sometimes with a few irregular teeth on the edges. The flowers are arranged in spike-like groups on stalks long. The floral cup is top-shaped, long, glabrous and smooth with curved green appendages. The sepals are bright red, often creamish-green on their lower parts, long, with 8 to 16 feathery lobes. The petals are cream-coloured to pink when they open but become bright red, long, with a feathery edge and 2 ear-shaped appendages at their base. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Oculata
''Verticordia oculata'' is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a sprawling woody shrub with large, circular leaves with white edges and silver-white flowers with a dark centre of lilac and purple, the largest flowers of the genus ''Verticordia''. The botanist Ferdinand von Mueller reportedly became entranced by its floral display when he visited the northern sandplains area in 1877, later describing the shrub as the 'princess of Australian flora'. Description ''Verticordia oculata'' is a shrub which grows to a height of between and sprawls to a width of . It has a lignotuber, from which several or many main stems emerge. The leaves are almost circular in shape, in diameter with a distinct white margin, lack a stalk and attach directly to the stem. The flowers are in diameter and are grouped in a spreading arrangement at the upper parts of the stem on stalks long. The sepals are long and have 12-14 deeply divided, fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Serotina
''Verticordia serotina'' is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the north-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with egg-shaped leaves and bright pink flowers with long, curved styles in spring. Description ''Verticordia serotina'' is a shrub with a single main branch and many side-branches and which usually grows to a height of . The leaves are elliptic, egg-shaped or almost round and long. The flowers are scented and arranged in spike-like groups near the ends of the branches, each flower on a spreading stalk long. The floral cup is top-shaped, long, rough, glabrous and has curved green appendages. The sepals are long, spreading, deep pink with 12 or 13 feathery lobes. The petals are a similar colour to the petals, long, with pointed lobes around its edge. The style is long, curved and hairy on one side. Flowering time is from August to September, sometimes later. Taxonomy and naming ''Verticordia serotina'' was first formally describ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Venusta
''Verticordia venusta'' 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, egg-shaped leaves and spikes of pink to maroon-coloured flowers in spring and early summer. Description ''Verticordia venusta'' is an openly branched shrub which grows to high and wide with one main stem at the base. Its leaves are egg-shaped to elliptic and long. The flowers are sometimes scented and are arranged in spike-like groups, each flower on a stalk long. The flowers open in succession, the lowest first, and are pale mauve or pink to maroon, fading as they age. The floral cup is top shaped, long, ribbed, glabrous and has small green appendages. The sepals are spreading, long, with 8 to 13 feathery lobes. The petals are erect, almost circular in shape long and have teeth around their edges. The style is long, curved and hairy near the tip. Flowering time is from September to January. Taxonom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Forrestii
''Verticordia forrestii'', commonly known as Forrest's featherflower, is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the north-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with small, egg-shaped leaves and massed displays of scented pink to red flowers in spring. Description ''Verticordia forrestii'' is a highly branched, often dense shrub which grows to a height of . Its leaves are egg-shaped to almost round but have a pointed end and are long. The flowers are scented and arranged in short, spike-like groups on thick, spreading stems long and the flowers open at about the same time as each other. The floral cup is broadly top-shaped, long, glabrous, warty and has 5 ribs and green appendages about long. The sepals are pale to bright pink or dark reddish-pink, fading to white, or sometimes white, long, with 9 to 13 feathery lobes and two small, hairy, ear-like appendages. The petals are erect and a similar colour to the sepals, long, with a hairy fringe. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Albida
''Verticordia albida'' is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with one main stem with many branches and spike-like groups of scented, white feathery flowers with a pink centre. Description ''Verticordia albida'' is a shrub which grows to a height of and a width of and has a single, highly branched stem. The leaves are elliptic in shape, dished, long, wide and lack a stalk. The flowers are scented, arranged in dense spikes, each flower white with a pink centre and a stalk about long. The sepals are about long and have 10 to 13 feathery lobes. The petals are long and have a fringe about long. The style is about , curved near the top with a few hairs less than long. Flowering time is from November to January. Taxonomy and naming ''Verticordia albida'' was first formally described by Alex George in 1991 from specimens collected near Three Springs and the description was published in ''N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Argentea
''Verticordia argentea'' is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, open shrub with almost circular leaves and scented, pink and white flowers. It usually grows in sand and is found near Eneabba. Description ''Verticordia argentea'' is an erect, usually open, spindly shrub which grows to a height of with a single main stem. The leaves are broadly egg-shaped to almost circular, long and have a slightly bluish tinge. The flowers are scented, in spike-like groups each with a short stalk about long. Persistent, pointed bracteoles surround the flower. The floral cup is top-shaped, about long and has 5 ribs. The sepals are pale pink, occasionally cream-coloured, long, with 5 to 7 feather-like lobes with a silvery fringe. The petals are pale pink, rarely creamy-white and have fine lines and scattered spots. They are about long and have deeply divided lobes. The style is about long, straight and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Muelleriana
''Verticordia muelleriana'' 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 relatively large, egg-shaped to circular leaves and long spikes of deep maroon coloured flowers in spring and early summer. Description ''Verticordia muelleriana'' is a shrub which grows to a height of up to with a single main branch with a few side branches. Its leaves are egg-shaped to almost circular, long and have thin edges. The flowers are arranged in spikes along the branches, opening in sequence from the lowest flowers, each flower on a stalk about long. The floral cup is top-shaped, long, glabrous and slightly rough with green appendages about long. The sepals are a deep maroon colour, spreading, long and have 8 or 9 feathery lobes and two large, hairy, ear-like appendages. The petals are a similar colour, erect, long, wide with a fringe a further and also have small, hairy, ear-like appendage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia X Eurardyensis
: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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Dichroma
''Verticordia dichroma'' is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a much-branched shrub with rounded leaves and spikes of scented, deep red and golden-coloured flowers. Description ''Verticordia dichroma'' is a shrub which grows to a height of and which has one to a number of stems at its base. The leaves are egg-shaped to almost round, long and often have irregularly toothed margins. The flowers are scented and arranged in spike-like groups on erect stems long and the flowers open at about the same time as each other. The floral cup is top-shaped, about long, has 5 ribs and is glabrous and smooth. The sepals are deep red in colour, or deep red with yellow, long, with 10 to 12 feathery lobes. The petals are golden-yellow with red spots, egg-shaped, long, about wide with a fringe long and with deeply-divided, ear-shaped appendages. The style is about long, bent and has long hairs on its sides. Flow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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