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| |name = Oval-leaved featherflower | |name = Oval-leaved featherflower | ||
| |image = Verticordia ovalifolia.jpg | |image = Verticordia ovalifolia Tarin Rock.jpg | ||
| |image_caption = ''Verticordia ovalifolia'' |
|image_caption = ''Verticordia ovalifolia'', near Tarin Rock, west of ] | ||
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| |parent = Verticordia sect. Corynatoca | |parent = Verticordia sect. Corynatoca | ||
| |species = ovalifolia | |species = ovalifolia | ||
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|authority = ]<ref name=APC>{{cite web|title=''Verticordia ovalifolia''|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/102661|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| '''''Verticordia ovalifolia''''', commonly known as '''oval-leaved featherflower''', is a ] in the myrtle ], ] and is ] to the ] of |
'''''Verticordia ovalifolia''''', commonly known as '''oval-leaved featherflower''',<ref name="Berndt" /> is a ] in the myrtle ], ] and is ] to the ] of Western Australia. It is an openly branched shrub with egg-shaped leaves and strap-like, feathery petals in spring. | ||
| ==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| ''Verticordia ovalifolia'' is a shrub which usually grows to a height of up to {{ |
''Verticordia ovalifolia'' is a shrub which usually grows to a height of up to {{cvt|80|cm}} and {{cvt|90|cm}} wide with several main stems and a few side branches. Its leaves are elliptic or egg-shaped, {{cvt|4–7|mm}} long, with ] edges.<ref name="Berndt">{{cite book |author1=Elizabeth A. (Berndt) George |author2=] (illustrator) |title= Verticordia: the turner of hearts|edition= 1st |year=2002 |publisher=University of Western Australia Press |location=Crawley, Western Australia |isbn=1-876268-46-8 |pages= 360–361}}</ref> | ||
| The flowers are lightly scented and arranged in rounded groups near the ends of the branches, each flower on a stalk {{ |
The flowers are lightly scented and arranged in rounded groups near the ends of the branches, each flower on a stalk {{cvt|6–8|mm}} long. The ] is top-shaped, about {{cvt|3|mm}} long and ] with small ]s around its edge. The sepals are green, {{cvt|5–8|mm}} long with ten to thirteen cream to pink, feathery lobes and two small, ear-like, hairy appendages. The ]s are cream to reddish or purplish, erect, {{cvt|8–9|mm}} long, oblong to wedge-shaped and strap-like with a deeply divided outer edge. The ] is {{cvt|7–8|mm}} long, straight and densely hairy near the tip. Flowering time is from August to December.<ref name="Berndt" /> | ||
| ==Taxonomy and naming== | ==Taxonomy and naming== | ||
| ''Verticordia ovalifolia'' was first formally described by ] in 1857 from a specimen collected by ] and the description was published in ''Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany''.<ref name=APNI>{{cite web|title=''Verticordia ovalifolia''|url= http://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/530779|publisher=APNI|accessdate=8 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Meisn.">{{cite journal|last1=Meisner|first1=Carl|title=On some new species of Chamaelauciae|journal=Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany|date=1857|volume=1|pages=40–41|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/8352#page/43/mode/1up|accessdate=7 July 2016}}</ref> The ] (''ovalifolia'') is |
''Verticordia ovalifolia'' was first formally described by ] in 1857 from a specimen collected by ] and the description was published in ''Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany''.<ref name=APNI>{{cite web|title=''Verticordia ovalifolia''|url= http://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/530779|publisher=APNI|accessdate=8 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Meisn.">{{cite journal|last1=Meisner|first1=Carl|title=On some new species of ''Chamaelauciae''|journal=Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany|date=1857|volume=1|pages=40–41|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/8352#page/43/mode/1up|accessdate=7 July 2016}}</ref> The ] (''ovalifolia'') is "from the Latin ''ovalis'' (oval) and ''folium'' (a leaf), in reference to the leaf shape".<ref name="Berndt" /> | ||
| When ] reviewed the genus ''Verticordia'' in 1991, he placed this species in subgenus ], the only species in section ''Corynatoca''.<ref name="Nuytsia">{{cite journal|last1=George|first1=Alex|title=New taxa, combinations and typifications in ''Verticordia'' (Myrtaceae : Chamelaucieae)|journal=Nuytsia|date=1991|volume=7|issue=3| |
When ] reviewed the genus ''Verticordia'' in 1991, he placed this species in subgenus ], the only species in section ''Corynatoca''.<ref name="Nuytsia">{{cite journal|authorlink1=Alex George (botanist)|last1=George|first1=Alex|title=New taxa, combinations and typifications in ''Verticordia'' (Myrtaceae : Chamelaucieae)|journal=Nuytsia|date=1991|volume=7|issue=3|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/223762#page/63/mode/1up |page=283}}</ref> | ||
| ==Distribution and habitat== | ==Distribution and habitat== | ||
| This verticordia usually grows in sand, sometimes with ] gravel, often with other species of ''Verticordia'', usually in heath and shrubland. It occurs in two ] areas between ] and ] and another between ] and ] in the ], ], ], ] and ] ].<ref name="Berndt" /><ref name=FloraBase>{{FloraBase|name=''Verticordia ovalifolia''|id=6103}}</ref> | This verticordia usually grows in sand, sometimes with ] gravel, often with other species of ''Verticordia'', usually in heath and shrubland. It occurs in two ] areas between ] and ] and another between ] and ] in the ], ], ], ] and ] ].<ref name="Berndt" /><ref name=FloraBase>{{FloraBase|name=''Verticordia ovalifolia''|id=6103}}</ref> | ||
| ==Conservation== | ==Conservation status== | ||
| ''Verticordia ovalifolia'' is classified as " |
''Verticordia ovalifolia'' is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government ].<ref name="FloraBase" /> | ||
| ==Use in horticulture== | ==Use in horticulture== | ||
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| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Species of flowering plant
| Oval-leaved featherflower | |
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| Verticordia ovalifolia, near Tarin Rock, west of Lake Grace | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Verticordia |
| Subgenus: | Verticordia subg. Eperephes |
| Section: | Verticordia sect. Corynatoca |
| Species: | V. ovalifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Verticordia ovalifolia Meisn. | |
Verticordia ovalifolia, commonly known as oval-leaved featherflower, 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 strap-like, feathery petals in spring.
Description
Verticordia ovalifolia is a shrub which usually grows to a height of up to 80 cm (31 in) and 90 cm (35 in) wide with several main stems and a few side branches. Its leaves are elliptic or egg-shaped, 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long, with translucent edges.
The flowers are lightly scented and arranged in rounded groups near the ends of the branches, each flower on a stalk 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) long. The floral cup is top-shaped, about 3 mm (0.12 in) long and glabrous with small appendages around its edge. The sepals are green, 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long with ten to thirteen cream to pink, feathery lobes and two small, ear-like, hairy appendages. The petals are cream to reddish or purplish, erect, 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in) long, oblong to wedge-shaped and strap-like with a deeply divided outer edge. The style is 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long, straight and densely hairy near the tip. Flowering time is from August to December.
Taxonomy and naming
Verticordia ovalifolia was first formally described by Carl Meisner in 1857 from a specimen collected by James Drummond and the description was published in Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany. The specific epithet (ovalifolia) is "from the Latin ovalis (oval) and folium (a leaf), in reference to the leaf shape".
When Alex George reviewed the genus Verticordia in 1991, he placed this species in subgenus Eperephes, the only species in section Corynatoca.
Distribution and habitat
This verticordia usually grows in sand, sometimes with lateritic gravel, often with other species of Verticordia, usually in heath and shrubland. It occurs in two disjunct areas between Perth and Geraldton and another between Dumbleyung and Lake King in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions.
Conservation status
Verticordia ovalifolia is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
Use in horticulture
Oval-leaved featherflower is described as "a beautiful, attractively foliaged shrub" which has been grown in gardens and in pots in a range of well-drained soils. It is usually propagated from cuttings although it can also be grown from seed. Grafting onto Chamelaucium uncinatum rootstock has produced bushy shrubs that bear large numbers of flowers.
References
- "Verticordia ovalifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ Elizabeth A. (Berndt) George; Margaret Pieroni (illustrator) (2002). Verticordia: the turner of hearts (1st ed.). Crawley, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. pp. 360–361. ISBN 1-876268-46-8.
- "Verticordia ovalifolia". APNI. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- Meisner, Carl (1857). "On some new species of Chamaelauciae". Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany. 1: 40–41. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- George, Alex (1991). "New taxa, combinations and typifications in Verticordia (Myrtaceae : Chamelaucieae)". Nuytsia. 7 (3): 283.
- ^ "Verticordia ovalifolia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
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| Verticordia ovalifolia | |