Verticordia halophila
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Verticordia halophila is an erect and bushy shrub found in Southwest Australia
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It is commonly referred to by the name Salt-loving Featherflower, or Salt-loving Verticordia, as the plant is found in saline soil types.
Ranging in height from 0.3 - 0.75 m high, the habit is a low-growing bushy shrub. The plant presents pink flowers sometime between October to December.
Verticordia halophila is found on sandy clay or loamy soils.
The habitat of the species is saline plains, or near salt lakes.
Populations are found in the north of the Avon Wheatbelt
, and in a semi-arid region toward Coolgardie.
The first description of this species was published by Alex George
in 1991. the type selected for this species was collected near Coorow.
This description was published along with a revision of the genus Verticordia
, and it is placed in an infrageneric taxonomy. The species is included within section
Verticordia sect. Verticordella
, which is contained by Verticordia subg. Eperephes
.
Verticordia halophila has been assessed as not threatened with extinction.
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...
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It is commonly referred to by the name Salt-loving Featherflower, or Salt-loving Verticordia, as the plant is found in saline soil types.
Ranging in height from 0.3 - 0.75 m high, the habit is a low-growing bushy shrub. The plant presents pink flowers sometime between October to December.
Verticordia halophila is found on sandy clay or loamy soils.
The habitat of the species is saline plains, or near salt lakes.
Populations are found in the north of the Avon Wheatbelt
Avon Wheatbelt
Avon Wheatbelt is an Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia region in Western Australia and part of the larger Southwest Australia savanna ecoregion.-Further reading:...
, and in a semi-arid region toward Coolgardie.
The first description of this species was published by Alex George
Alex George
Alexander Segger George is a Western Australian botanist. He is the authority on the plant genera Banksia and Dryandra...
in 1991. the type selected for this species was collected near Coorow.
This description was published along with a revision of the genus Verticordia
Verticordia
Verticordia, a genus of the Myrtaceae family, are woody shrubs with small and exquisite flowers. They are mostly found in Southwest Australia, with several outlier species in northern regions. A revision of the genus in 1991 produced a classification within Verticordia of 3 subgenera, 24 sections,...
, and it is placed in an infrageneric taxonomy. The species is included within section
Section (botany)
In botany, a section is a taxonomic rank below the genus, but above the species. The subgenus, if present, is higher than the section, and the rank of series, if present, is below the section. Sections are typically used to help organise very large genera, which may have hundreds of species...
Verticordia sect. Verticordella
Verticordia sect. Verticordella
Verticordia sect. Verticordella is a section of Verticordia that describes a group of eighteen shrub species. This description was first made in 1857 by Carl Meissner in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, but he did not indicate the reason for his choice of the name. It was...
, which is contained by Verticordia subg. Eperephes
Verticordia subg. Eperephes
Verticordia subg. Eperephes is a botanical name for a grouping of similar plant species in the genus Verticordia. This subgenus contains six sections, classifying forty four species, of Alex George's infrageneric arrangement...
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Verticordia halophila has been assessed as not threatened with extinction.