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is a shrub which grows to a height of 2 m (7 ft) or more and a spread of 0.15–1.5 m (0.5–5 ft) and which has a single, highly branched stem at its base. Its leaves are elliptic in shape, dished and 3–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long, becoming shorter and broader near the flowering
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This verticordia grows in yellow, grey, and white sands and on gravel and is widespread on sand hills and plains. It occasionally occupies granite sites, and is often seen growing with other verticordia species. It occurs throughout the south-west from as far north as Mount Adams to as far east as
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506:Verticordia eriocephala
465:Verticordia eriocephala
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219:Verticordia eriocephala
202:Verticordia eriocephala
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319:Verticordia polytricha
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452:and as far inland as
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382:eriocephala
372:, north of
370:Mount Adams
360:Alex George
291:constricted
266:Description
209:A.S. George
167:Verticordia
155:Verticordia
151:Verticordia
139:Verticordia
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839:Categories
783:kew-212923
778:Plant List
488:References
430:V. brownii
409:, section
400:(κεφαλή).
283:floral cup
256:south-west
146:Subgenus:
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248:Myrtaceae
224:lambswool
178:Species:
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128:Myrtaceae
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757:959468-1
663:Q7922898
657:Wikidata
481:cuttings
311:glabrous
124:Family:
118:Myrtales
95:Eudicots
770:3933664
731:5420271
580:Nuytsia
398:kephalē
394:cephale
390:cephala
374:Eneabba
365:Nuytsia
254:to the
252:endemic
250:and is
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232:native
228:common
226:, and
169:sect.
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307:style
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102:Clade
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