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Verticordia chrysantha
Yellow Feather Flower, Yellow Morrison
Origin: Native to Western Australia.
| Family |
| Myrtaceae |
| Genus |
| Verticordia |
| Species |
| chrysantha |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (evergreen) |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cool season preotection under glass. |
| Height |
| 1.5 m |
| Spread |
| 1.5 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Mass planting. |
| Cultivation |
| Full sun and partial-shade. Well-drained soil. Prefers sandy gravel and deep yellow sand. |
| Shape |
| Bushy and widespread. |
| Growth |
| Slow |
| Habitat |
| Sand plains and coastal plains. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Branching stems that start at the base of the plant. |
| Leaf Description |
| Linear, 3 - 15 mm long and come to a point, sometimes having a hooked end. Erect stalks that are 4 - 18 mm long. |
| Flower Description |
| Flowers are scented. Arranged in a corymb-like group on ends of branches. Floral cup is shaped like a half sphere with 10 ribs and is glabrous and slightly warty. Sepals 4 - 4.5 mm long with 7 - 10 densely feathered lobes. Petals are egg-shaped with spreading finger-like lobes. |
| Colour Description |
| The leaves are green. The flowers are bright yellow but turns to a brownish-bronze as it ages (sometimes only in the center). |
| Notable Specimens |
| Kings Park and Botanical Garden, Perth, Australia. |
| Propagation |
| Seed. |
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