Verticordia crebra
species of plant
Verticordia crebra, commonly known as Barrens featherflower, crowded featherflower or Twertup featherflower, is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a sprawling shrub with crowded, cylinder-shaped leaves with small, yellow flowers that are almost hidden by the leaves but with a style which extends well beyond the petals. The plant looks superficially like a miniature pine tree.
Description
Verticordia crebra is a sprawling, open-branched shrub with a single main stem and which grows to a height of about 30 to 75 cm (10 to 30 in) and a width of 20 to 60 cm (8 to 20 in). Its leaves are crowded over the entire plant, linear in shape and round in cross-section, 4–14 mm (0.2–0.6 in) long with a stalk 1.0–2.5 mm (0.04–0.1 in) long, giving the plant the appearance of a small pine tree.
The flowers are scattered, appearing in a few upper leaf axils on erect or spreading stalks 2–3 mm (0.08–0.1 in) long, and apart from the styles are almost hidden by the foliage. The floral cup is shaped like half a sphere, about 2 mm (0.08 in) long, smooth and densely hairy. The sepals are pale yellow, 4 mm (0.2 in) long with 6 to 8 feathery lobes. The petals are roughly circular in shape, pale yellow, about 3 mm (0.1 in) long with irregularly toothed margins. The style is 18–22 mm (0.7–0.9 in) long, gently curved, hairy and extends well beyond the flower and the foliage.
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