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Verticordia elizabethiae, Elizabeth's featherflower, is a low shrub from the south-west of Western Australia that grows on the edges of salt lakes. It is grown for its small bright pink flowers and needs full sun and well-drained, sandy soil.
Verticordia elizabethiae, commonly known as Elizabeth's featherflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low-growing shrub with egg-shaped leaves, the narrower end towards the base, and bright pink to purplish pink flowers and grows on the edges of salt lakes.
Elizabeth's featherflower is only known from a near Southern Cross, Western Australia in the Avon Wheatbelt and Coolgardiebioregions of Western Australia. It occurs on flats around salt lakes amongst other halophytes forming heath communities with species of Maireana, Gunniopsis and Frankenia, associated with Callitris.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
