Verticordia insignis

Description

Verticordia insignis is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an open, irregularly-branched shrub with small leaves and heads of relatively large pink or white and pink flowers on the ends of the branches in spring. Verticordia insignis is an open, irregularly-branched shrub which grows to 1.5 m (5 ft) high. Its leaves are linear to elliptic in shape, roughly triangular in cross-section, 3–7 mm (0.1–0.3 in) long with a rounded end. Leaves near the flowers tend to be wider than those further down the stems. The flowers are scented and arranged in rounded, corymb-like groups on the ends of the branches on erect stalks 8–25 mm (0.3–1 in) long. The floral cup is top-shaped, about 4.5 mm (0.2 in) long, covered with short, soft hairs with a swelling beneath each sepal. The sepals are white to pale or deep pink, 5–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long, spreading with 5 to 7 lobes which have long, spreading hairs. The petals are egg-shaped to almost round, pale to deep pink, 3–5 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long and spreading, edged with short teeth. The style is fairly straight, 2.5–7 mm (0.1–0.3 in) long and glabrous. Flowering mostly occurs from September to November.