Verticordia pennigera
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Verticordia pennigera is a small erect or prostrate
shrub
found throughout Southwest Australia
. The flowers are pink and fringed. The species occurs on soils that are sandy or clay types; frequently gravelly or granitic. While sometimes erect to 600 mm, though perhaps straggly in habit, the species is often found as a prostrate shrub; the many branches radiate out to a height of just 150 mm.
The botanist who named this species, Stephan Endlicher, gave its first description in his Enumeratio Plantarum; this was based on material collected by Carl von Hügel. The lectotype
for the species was selected from the collection of James Drummond
, in a 1991 revision of the genus, by Alex George
. A synonym for this binary name is Verticordia setigera, named by John Lindley
, in A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony
.
Prostrate shrub
A prostrate shrub is a woody plant, most of the branches of which lie upon or just under the ground, rather than being held erect as are the branches of most trees and shrubs....
shrub
Shrub
A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants may become either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...
found throughout Southwest Australia
Southwest Australia
Southwest Australia is a biodiversity hotspot that includes the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecoregions of Western Australia. The region has a wet-winter, dry-summer Mediterranean climate, one of five such regions in the world...
. The flowers are pink and fringed. The species occurs on soils that are sandy or clay types; frequently gravelly or granitic. While sometimes erect to 600 mm, though perhaps straggly in habit, the species is often found as a prostrate shrub; the many branches radiate out to a height of just 150 mm.
The botanist who named this species, Stephan Endlicher, gave its first description in his Enumeratio Plantarum; this was based on material collected by Carl von Hügel. The lectotype
Lectotype
In botanical nomenclature and zoological nomenclature, a lectotype is a kind of name-bearing type. When a species was originally described on the basis of a name-bearing type consisting of multiple specimens, one of those may be designated as the lectotype...
for the species was selected from the collection of James Drummond
James Drummond (botanist)
James Drummond was a botanist and naturalist who was an early settler in Western Australia.-Early life:...
, in a 1991 revision of the genus, by Alex George
Alex George
Alexander Segger George is a Western Australian botanist. He is the authority on the plant genera Banksia and Dryandra...
. A synonym for this binary name is Verticordia setigera, named by John Lindley
John Lindley
John Lindley FRS was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.-Early years:Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley was a nurseryman and pomologist and ran a commercial nursery garden...
, in A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony
A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony
A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony, also known by its standard botanical abbreviation Sketch Veg. Swan R., is an 1839 article by John Lindley on the flora of the Swan River Colony...
.