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Verticordia oculata
About
Verticordia oculata is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a sprawling woody shrub with large, circular leaves with white edges and silver-white flowers with a dark centre of lilac and purple, the largest flowers of the genus Verticordia. The botanist Ferdinand von Mueller reportedly became entranced by its floral display when he visited the northern sandplains area in 1877, later describing the shrub as the 'princess of Australian flora'.
- Family
- Myrtaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Verticordia oculata
- Slug
- verticordia-oculata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Verticordia
- Species
- oculata
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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