Feather Flower (Verticordia inclusa)
Description
Verticordia inclusa is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small shrub with small, thick leaves and groups of scented, mostly white to pale pink flowers with a red centre on the ends of the branches in spring. Verticordia inclusa is a shrub which grows to 0.2–1 m (0.7–3 ft) high, sometimes spreading to 60 cm (2 ft) wide and is usually openly, but irregularly branched. Its leaves are elliptic in shape, roughly triangular in cross-section, 2–5 mm (0.08–0.2 in) long with a rounded end. Leaves near the flowers tend to be smaller The flowers are sweetly scented and arranged in rounded, corymb-like groups on the ends of the branches on erect stalks 5–12 mm (0.2–0.5 in) long. The floral cup is top-shaped, about 2 mm (0.08 in) long, more or less smooth and is hairy near its base. The sepals are white to pale pink, 3.5–5 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long, spreading with 4 or 5 lobes which have long, straight, feather-like hairs. The petals are egg-shaped to almost round, white to pink and red near their base, 3–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long and edged with long, pointed lobes. The style is straight, less than 0.5 mm (0.02 in) long and glabrous Flowering occurs from August to November.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Myrtales
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Family: Myrtaceae
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Genus: Verticordia
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