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Verticordia fastigiata Turcz.
Mouse Featherflower

Reference
Bull.Cl.Phys.-Math.Acad.Imp.Sci.Saint-Pétersbourg 10:327 (1852)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Low to prostrate shrub, 0.2-0.5 m high, to 0.6 m wide. Fl. green-yellow-orange/red, Jan to Jul. Sandy loam, laterite, clay. Rocky breakaways, ridges, undulating plains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 12 February 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe.