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Verticordia Halophila
''Verticordia halophila'', commonly known as salt-loving featherflower, or salt-loving verticordia, is a flowering plant in the myrtle Family (biology), family, Myrtaceae and is Endemism, endemic to the Southwest Australia, south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub with small, crowded, thick leaves and spikes of red and pink flowers in spring. Description ''Verticordia halophila'' is a shrub which grows to high and wide and which has a few main stems with many short, leafy side-branches. The leaves on the side branches are crowded, oblong to egg-shaped, thick with a rounded end but with a short point and covered with soft hairs less than long. The leaves on the flowering stems are broadly egg-shaped to almost round. The flowers are scented and arranged in spike-like groups near the ends of the long flowering stems, each flower on a stalk, long. The Hypanthium, floral cup is top-shaped, long, smooth and wikt:glabrous, glabrous with 5 ribs and small bent gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne
The Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria at Cranbourne Gardens, is a division of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (the second division being the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, located in the centre of Melbourne). It is located in the suburb of Cranbourne, about 45 km south-east of the Melbourne city centre. Cranbourne Gardens specialises in Australian native plants. The total area of this division of the botanic gardens is 363 hectares, including heathlands, wetlands and woodlands. The gardens also provide habitat for native birds, mammals and reptiles, including some rare and endangered species. A recent feature of the Cranbourne, is the specially constructed ''Australian Garden'', opened to the public on 28 May 2006. The ''Australian Garden'' features a number of exhibition gardens, sculptures and displays aimed to bring the beauty and diversity of the Australian landscape and plants to the public. Beyond the ''Australian Garden'', the bushland section of the garden con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coorow, Western Australia
Coorow is a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia, north of Perth. History The townsite of Coorow was gazetted in 1893. Its name is derived from the Aboriginal name of a nearby spring, first recorded in 1872. The meaning of the name may be from the word "Curro", which is the Aboriginal word for a variety of ''Portulaca''; another source gives it as "many mists". The town experienced some flooding in 1918 following a deluge of of rain overnight. The Moore River broke its banks and caused much more severe flooding downstream at Moora. After rapid growth through the early 1920s local settlers began to seek obtaining a hotel licence for the town in 1927. The licence was granted in 1929 to Alexander Gloster who put forward a tender of £1,750, and submitted his plans for approval. The hotel was erected at a cost of £13,000 and constructed of cement blocks and brick. The two storey building held fifteen rooms for accommodation on the top floor and more accommodation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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 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 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] |
Verticordia Blepharophylla
''Verticordia blepharophylla'' 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 a single main stem, leaves with hairy margins and pale to deep mauve-pink flowers and which occurs in an area between Perth and Geraldton. Description ''Verticordia blepharophylla'' 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 elliptic to almost circular in shape, long and are fringed with hairs up to about long. 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 slightly warty surface. The sepals are pale to deep mauve-pink, long, with 6 or 7 lobes with thread-like fringes. The petals are the same colour as the sepals, , broadly egg-shaped with a fringe long. The style is S-shaped, about long, and has a dense b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Pennigera
''Verticordia pennigera'', commonly known as native tea, is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is usually a small erect or prostrate shrub with small leaves and lightly-scented spikes of pale pink to magenta-coloured flowers in spring. Description ''Verticordia pennigera'' is a shrub, often with a spreading habit, which grows to high and wide and which has several main stems with many short, leafy side-branches. The leaves are linear to oblong, long and have a covering of fine hairs. 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, slightly warty and has two small green appendages. The sepals are pale pink to magenta-coloured, long, with 5 or 6 hairy lobes and two small ear-like appendages on the sides. The petals are similar in colour to the sepals, long and erect with short, coarse teeth along their top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
