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PLANT FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Plumed Featherflower
Description
The Plumed Featherflower is a small rounded shrub that grows to about a metre tall. The leaves are narrow and greyish green in colour and grow to about 1.4cm long. It produces groups of pink or mauve or white open-petalled flowers in spring and summer. There are several varieties described which have differences in features such as growth habit, leaf size and shape, flower size and colour. Varieties are var. plumosa, var. ananeotes, var. brachyphylla, var. grandiflora, var. incrassata,
var. pleiobotrya, var. vassensis (http://en.wikipedia.org).
Habitat
grows in woodland and shrubland
Distribution
Verticordia plumosa is found in south west of Western Australia from south of Geraldton to around Esperance.
Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 0.5
Spread (m): 0.5
Soil Texture: sand, loam
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils
Frost Sensitivity: sensitive / moderately sensitive
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 550
Flower Colour: pink
Flower Season: spring
(source: SA State Flora Catalog)
Wildlife Interest
attracts birds, butterflies and various other insects
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Verticordia | | Species: | plumosa | | Common Name: | Plumed Featherflower |
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