1	"Ovules 1–5; anthers globular or saccate, opening by pores; hypanthium without green reflexed appendages"	2
1	"Ovules 6–13; anthers oblong to obovoid, attached basally with a swollen filament apex, opening abaxially by slits; hypanthium usually with 5 green reflexed appendages at apex"	61
2	"Anthers saccate, the connective produced into an apical appendage; style glabrous; hypanthium glabrous; leaves flattened or linear"	3
2	"Anthers ± globular, erect or turned adaxially, the pores in some species shortly slit-like before dehiscence, sometimes appearing confluent; connective not produced, in some taxa apically swollen; style hairy or glabrous; hypanthium variously hairy; leaves linear to oblong"	25
3	"Bracteoles persistent"	4
3	"Bracteoles caducous at or before anthesis"	16
4	"Anther appendage deeply bifurcate; stamens alternately short and long"	5
4	"Anther appendage entire or bilobed"	7
5	"Stamens erect, 2 and 4 mm long; style exserted or level with anthers; upper leaves 8–12 mm long; no short lateral upper branchlets"	"Verticordia nobilis"
5	"Stamens inflexed, 1–2 and 2–2.5 mm long; style included; upper leaves 3–7 mm long; short lateral upper branchlets with crowded leaves present"	6
6	"Staminodes with 1 (rarely 3) lobes each side; sepals 5–6 mm long; petals 5–6 mm long; style 0.8–1 mm long; Brookton to Ravensthorpe"	"Verticordia grandiflora"
6	"Staminodes fringed each side; sepals 4.5–5 mm long; petals 4 mm long; style 0.2 mm long; Mt Lesueur to Badgingarra area"	"Verticordia rutilastra"
7	"Stamens and staminodes united in a prominent tube; staminodes narrowly linear, subulate or obtuse"	"Verticordia staminosa"
7	"Stamens and staminodes free or shortly united; staminodes oblong, lanceolate or triangular, obtuse or acute"	8
8	"Staminodes entire"	9
8	"Staminodes lobed or fringed"	13
9	"Anther appendage inflated, hood-like; peduncles 12–20 mm long; lower Murchison R."	"Verticordia galeata"
9	"Anther appendage gently concave to plicate; peduncles usually less than 12 mm long; southern and widespread"	10
10	"Anther locule and appendage of equal length"	11
10	"Anther locule longer than appendage"	12
11	"Staminodes 1–1.5 mm wide; style 4 mm long"	"Verticordia coronata"
11	"Staminodes 0.3–0.7 mm wide, obtuse to ± acute; style 1–2.5 mm long"	"Verticordia brevifolia"
12	"Sepals and petals 3–3.5 mm long; leaves 3–8 mm long, uncinate"	"Verticordia chrysanthella"
12	"Sepals 4–7 mm long; petals 4–6 mm long; leaves 5–15 mm long, usually not uncinate"	"Verticordia chrysantha"
13	"Staminodes fringed; leaves shortly ciliate"	"Verticordia laciniata"
13	"Staminodes lobed; leaves entire"	14
14	"Bracteoles fringed; staminodes narrowly triangular"	"Verticordia amphigia"
14	"Bracteoles entire; staminodes broadly linear to lanceolate"	15
15	"Leaves 5–15 mm long, smooth; sepals 4–7 mm long; petals 4–6 mm long"	"Verticordia chrysantha"
15	"Leaves 3–8 mm long, often warty; sepals 3–3.5 mm long; petals 3–3.5 mm long"	"Verticordia chrysanthella"
16	"Petals digitately lobed, the surfaces not shining; hypanthium turbinate, ribbed"	17
16	"Petals dentate, erose or entire, the surfaces shining; hypanthium ± hemispherical, not or obscurely ribbed"	20
17	"Staminodes subulate, entire or rarely 1- or 2-lobed; style 0.5–1 mm long"	"Verticordia subulata"
17	"Staminodes linear, lanceolate or oblong, fringed, lobed or if entire then obtuse"	18
18	"Staminodes entire, obtuse"	"Verticordia endlicheriana"
18	"Staminodes lobed or fringed"	19
19	"Sepals 2.5–3 mm long, spreading; petals 3.5–4 mm long; style 2–2.8 mm long"	"Verticordia acerosa"
19	"Sepals 2 mm long, reflexed; petals 1.5–1.8 mm long; style 0.8 mm long"	"Verticordia citrella"
20	"Anther appendage ciliate, enclosing anther locules; floral leaves orbicular; sepals shortly fimbriate; N of lower Murchison R."	"Verticordia cooloomia"
20	"Anther appendage entire, not or only partly enclosing anther locules; floral leaves linear, terete, obovate, elliptic or linear; sepals prominently plumose"	21
21	"Staminodes broadly oblong, obtuse, entire; leaves obovate, elliptic or oblong, concave"	22
21	"Staminodes narrowly triangular, subulate to acute, sometimes lobed; leaves narrowly linear, terete"	23
22	"Leaves ciliate; petals ± obovate to cuneate, dentate, 1–2 mm wide"	"Verticordia serrata"
22	"Leaves entire; petals ± orbicular, entire, 3–3.5 mm diam."	"Verticordia integra"
23	"Sepals 2.5–3 mm long, with prominent auricles; petals 2 mm long; flowers lemon yellow"	"Verticordia patens"
23	"Sepals 4–5 mm long, with a few reflexed cilia but no auricles; petals 3–4.5 mm long; flowers bright orange or golden"	24
24	"Flowers bright orange; sepals 4 mm long; petals 3 mm long; staminodes linear; Regans Ford to Perth, and Harvey area"	"Verticordia nitens"
24	"Flowers golden; sepals 4–4.5 mm long; petals 4–5 mm long; staminodes narrowly ovate; Eneabba area"	"Verticordia aurea"
25	"Sepals with plumose or fimbriate lobes, or deeply divided into parallel to slightly diverging fimbriae"	26
25	"Sepals intricately and divaricately divided"	54
26	"Sepals without auricles"	27
26	"Sepals with clawed auricles"	48
27	"Sepals divided into plumose, erose or fimbriate lobes"	28
27	"Sepals deeply divided, mostly into simple, ± rigid, scabrid, widely spreading fimbriae, rarely not lobed and almost entire"	43
28	"Sepal lobes plumose to erose"	29
28	"Sepal lobes fimbriate"	36
29	"Staminodes fringed"	30
29	"Staminodes entire, often with prominent oil glands"	32
30	"Style included, 0.2–0.3 mm long"	"Verticordia fimbrilepis"
30	"Style exserted, 5 mm long"	31
31	"Dense, pine-like shrub; sepals 2–2.3 mm long; petals 2 mm long; East Mt Barren"	"Verticordia pityrhops"
31	"Open shrub with widely spaced corymb-like flower groups; sepals 4 mm long; petals 2.3–2.5 mm long"	"Verticordia harveyi"
32	"Style long-exserted, 13–22 mm long, with an inconspicuous beard; flowers pale yellow"	33
32	"Style not or shortly exserted, 4–7 mm long, with a short but readily evident beard; flowers pink to white"	34
33	"Leaves ± clavate, obtuse, 3–6 mm long, the petiole 0.5–1 mm long; petals pubescent"	"Verticordia helichrysantha"
33	"Leaves linear, acute, 4–14 mm long, the petiole 1–2.5 mm long; petals glabrous"	"Verticordia crebra"
34	"Sepal lobes with midrib usually 0.4–0.7 mm at widest point, ± irregularly but shortly plumose to erose"	"Verticordia plumosa"
34	"Sepal lobes with midrib c. 0.2 mm at widest point, deeply plumose"	35
35	"Petals orbicular, 2–2.5 mm long; style 5–6 mm long; flowers pale to medium pink; south coast"	"Verticordia sieberi"
35	"Petals ovate, 3–3.5 mm long; style 6–7 mm long; flowers deep pink; Southern Cross–Bullabulling –Forrestania area"	"Verticordia stenopetala"
36	"Sepals 3–3.5 mm long; hypanthium broadly turbinate or constricted, not ribbed"	37
36	"Sepals 2–2.5 mm long; hypanthium narrowly turbinate, 5-ribbed"	41
37	"Hypanthium constricted at about the middle"	38
37	"Hypanthium not constricted"	40
38	"Petals shortly pubescent outside; Kalbarri to Mullewa"	"Verticordia capillaris"
38	"Petals glabrous; central and southern districts"	39
39	"Flowers white or cream; style 3.5–4 mm long, glabrous"	"Verticordia eriocephala"
39	"Flowers pink; style 5–6 mm long, bearded below apex"	"Verticordia brownii"
40	"Leaves lanceolate, elliptic or ovate, concave; sepals appearing prominently clawed after anthesis; style curved towards apex with surrounding beard; flowers pink or pale yellow"	"Verticordia densiflora"
40	"Leaves linear, semiterete; sepals not appearing clawed; style with kink and short ± unilateral beard just below apex; flowers cream–white"	"Verticordia polytricha"
41	"Staminodes minute, often absent; flowers white to very pale pink"	"Verticordia minutiflora"
41	"Staminodes clearly evident, as long as or exceeding stamens; flowers pink, yellow or deep red"	42
42	"Bracteoles caducous; peduncles 1–2 mm long; petals glabrous, shining; flowers deep red to deep yellow; Cape Riche to Hamersley R."	"Verticordia fastigiata"
42	"Bracteoles persistent; flowers almost sessile; petals shortly pubescent; flowers pink or pale yellow; Hopetoun to Israelite Bay"	"Verticordia vicinella"
43	"Style shortly exserted, with a short, dense beard of simple and forked hairs; flowers deep pink; Merredin to Hyden & S towards Lake Grace"	44
43	"Style long exserted, with a ± sparse beard of simple hairs; flowers red, cream and pink, or cream and purple; Lake Grace to south coast"	45
44	"Flowers in corymb-like groups; peduncles 9–12 mm long; petals erose to dentate and shortly fimbriate on lower margins; style c. 4 mm long"	"Verticordia gracilis"
44	"Flowers in raceme- or spike-like groups; peduncles 1–3 mm long, rarely to 5 mm; petals with dentate to ciliate margins; style 1–1.5 mm long"	"Verticordia setacea"
45	"Flowers ± pendulous, red; petals without translucent margins; anthers out-turned"	"Verticordia humilis"
45	"Flowers erect or spreading, cream and pink or cream and purple; petals with translucent margins; anthers in-turned"	46
46	"Sepals not lobed, almost entire"	"Verticordia verticordina"
46	"Sepals deeply fimbriate"	47
47	"Style 6–7 mm long; sepals 3–4 mm long; petals 1.7–2 mm long, shortly ciliate; stamens shorter than staminodes; main branches horizontal"	"Verticordia oxylepis"
47	"Style 27–32 mm long; sepals 6–7 mm long; petals 2.5–3 mm long, densely fimbriate; stamens longer than staminodes; main branches ascending irregularly"	"Verticordia longistylis"
48	"Style with lateral beard or with a ring of short hairs just below stigma"	49
48	"Style glabrous or very shortly pubescent at base"	51
49	"Style 0.3 mm long, with ring of hairs below stigma"	"Verticordia apecta"
49	"Style 4.5–7 mm long, with a lateral beard"	50
50	"Petals shortly fringed around most of margin, the lamina papillose outside; sepal auricle divisions ± filiform, divaricate; Perenjori to Hyden"	"Verticordia pritzelii"
50	"Petals with long fringe on upper margin, the lateral margins entire; lamina glabrous, shining; sepal auricles with flat lobes that are densely fimbriate; Scott River to Busselton"	"Verticordia lehmannii"
51	"Petals entire or erose"	"Verticordia habrantha"
51	"Petals fimbriate"	52
52	"Staminodes entire or obscurely lobed; flowers creamy white, rarely pink"	"Verticordia roei"
52	"Staminodes fimbriate; flowers pink or cream"	53
53	"Staminodes with setae on inner face; style 2.5–7 mm long; stamens 2–6 mm long; flowers pink, often red in centre"	"Verticordia insignis"
53	"Staminodes glabrous on inner face; style 0.2–0.3 mm long; stamens 0.6–0.7 mm long; flowers mainly cream"	"Verticordia inclusa"
54	"Sepals without clawed auricles; leaves linear-clavate"	55
54	"Sepals with clawed auricles; leaves semiterete"	59
55	"Leaves entire; staminodes fringed, lobed or entire"	56
55	"Leaves erose; staminodes entire"	58
56	"Staminodes entire, subulate"	"Verticordia multiflora"
56	"Staminodes fringed or lobed"	57
57	"Stigma broadly capitate"	"Verticordia huegelii"
57	"Stigma not or slightly enlarged"	"Verticordia brachypoda"
58	"Style 15–19 mm long with purple hairs in upper third; sepal lobes divaricately divided"	"Verticordia penicillaris"
58	"Style 7–9 mm long with white hairs for 2/3–3/4 its length; sepal lobes fimbriate"	"Verticordia dasystylis"
59	"Style included to shortly exserted; petals inserted on androecial tube; flowers pink"	"Verticordia monadelpha"
59	"Style long-exserted; petals ± free from androecium; flowers red"	60
60	"Leaves and branches smooth; style 24–27 mm long; petals 7–8 mm long; stamens and staminodes shortly united"	"Verticordia mitchelliana"
60	"Leaves and branches warty; style 13–15 mm long; petals 3–4 mm long; stamens and staminodes prominently united"	"Verticordia pulchella"
61	"Leaves linear, terete or triquetrous, entire, without translucent margins; hypanthium without reflexed appendages from apex"	62
61	"Leaves orbicular, ovate, elliptic or oblong, flat, concave or semiterete, entire, erose or ciliate; hypanthium usually with 5 reflexed green appendages from apex"	68
62	"Petals entire; style shortly bearded slightly below stigma; south-western species"	63
62	"Petals lacerated to dentate; style beard a ring around the stigma; tropical species"	67
63	"Stamens 5 fertile"	64
63	"Stamens 10 fertile"	65
64	"Hypanthium not flanged; leaves smooth; style hairs not gland-tipped"	"Verticordia picta"
64	"Hypanthium with a prominent flange descending from apex and almost obscuring body; leaves prominently verrucose; style hairs gland-tipped"	"Verticordia rennieana"
65	"Flowers red, 20–23 mm diam.; hypanthium 4–5 mm long; sepals 10–11 mm long; petals 8–11 mm long; style 16–20 mm long"	"Verticordia mirabilis"
65	"Flowers pink, purple or white, 10–14 mm diam.; hypanthium 1.5–2 mm long; sepals 3.5–5.5 mm long; petals 2.5–7 mm long; style 2–4 mm long"	66
66	"Flowers deep pink; petals 5–7 mm long, narrowed to basal claw; leaves not clustered; southern Gascoyne to Laverton"	"Verticordia interioris"
66	"Flowers cream; petals not clawed, 2.5–3 mm long; leaves commonly clustered; Southern Cross to Queen Victoria Spring"	"Verticordia helmsii"
67	"Leaves opposite, with prominent oil glands, strongly aromatic when crushed; style 5–7 mm long"	"Verticordia cunninghamii"
67	"Leaves in whorls of 3 or 4, without prominent oil glands, not aromatic when crushed; style 9–13 mm long"	"Verticordia verticillata"
68	"Sepal lobes fimbriate, without peltate auricles but usually with small basal auricles or reflexed cilia; petals without basal auricles; leaves ovate, elliptic or oblong, erose or ciliate, occasionally entire; bracteoles caducous, rarely persistent"	69
68	"Sepals with plumose lobes and with peltate basal auricles ± covering hypanthium; petals with small basal auricles; leaves orbicular, usually entire; bracteoles persistent"	88
69	"Staminodes clavate"	"Verticordia ovalifolia"
69	"Staminodes linear to narrowly lanceolate or triangular"	70
70	"Hypanthium without reflexed appendages; stamens and staminodes pilose; style bearded towards base; upper Murchison areas"	"Verticordia jamiesonii"
70	"Hypanthium with 5 green reflexed appendages; stamens and staminodes glabrous; style bearded below apex; south-western areas"	71
71	"Petals entire to dentate, the teeth usually less than 1 mm long"	72
71	"Petals fimbriate with fine segments more than 1 mm long"	76
72	"Flowers bright red; style 10–12 mm long, the beard of simple hairs"	"Verticordia hughanii"
72	"Flowers mostly pink; style less than 7 mm long, the beard of forked hairs"	73
73	"Peduncles 5–7 mm long; 3 upper petals spreading, 2 lower erect and keel-like"	"Verticordia carinata"
73	"Peduncles less than 4 mm long; petals spreading equally"	74
74	"Petals entire to erose; leaves flat"	"Verticordia lindleyi"
74	"Petals prominently dentate; leaves oblong, thick"	75
75	"Peduncles 1.5–3 mm long; floral leaves similar to stem; leaves; stamens and staminodes 1.6–2 mm long; ovules 10"	"Verticordia pennigera"
75	"Peduncles 0.5–1 mm long; floral leaves much broader than stem leaves; stamens and staminodes 1.4–1.6 mm long; ovules 6"	"Verticordia halophila"
76	"Sepals 5–6 mm long; petals 4–6.5 mm long"	77
76	"Sepals 3–4.6 mm long; petals usually 3–4 mm long"	82
77	"Petal fringe or teeth simple but often scabrid"	78
77	"Petal fringe itself fimbriate"	80
78	"Hypanthium 2.5–3.5 mm wide at apex, the reflexed appendages swollen, obtuse; style 3.5–4 mm long; leaves spreading"	"Verticordia tumida"
78	"Hypanthium 1.5–2 mm wide at apex, the reflexed appendages ± acute; style 4–8 mm long; leaves ± appressed"	79
79	"Petals 4 mm long; style usually 6–8 mm long; flowers pale pink; coastal plain, Perth to Eneabba"	"Verticordia drummondii"
79	"Petals 5–6 mm long; style 4–5 mm long; flowers bright pink; Wongan Hills district"	"Verticordia wonganensis"
80	"Sepals auriculate; stamens 3 mm long"	"Verticordia bifimbriata"
80	"Sepals not auriculate; stamens 1.5–2 mm long"	81
81	"Hypanthium 2 mm long; reflexed appendages merging into hypanthium; sepals and style 4 mm long; Mogumber–Regans Ford"	"Verticordia paludosa"
81	"Hypanthium 2.5–3 mm long; reflexed appendages distinct, flap-like; sepals 4.5–5.5 mm long; style 5–6 mm long; Eneabba–Three Springs"	"Verticordia luteola"
82	"Leaves with prominent cilia to 1 mm"	"Verticordia blepharophylla"
82	"Leaves erose to closely ciliate with cilia less than 0.5 mm long"	83
83	"Style 6–9 mm long, straight; peduncles to 0.2 mm long; flowers closely packed; leaves appressed, imbricate; bracteoles sometimes persistent"	"Verticordia spicata"
83	"Style 3–6 mm long, curved below apex; peduncles 0.5–3 mm long; flowers rather loosely packed; leaves spreading to appressed, usually not imbricate; bracteoles falling"	84
84	"Petals markedly narrowed upwards; Busselton–Bunbury"	"Verticordia attenuata"
84	"Petals not or slightly narrowed"	85
85	"Sepals with prominent basal auricles almost covering hypanthium; Pindar–Koorda district"	"Verticordia auriculata"
85	"Sepals with small auricles or few or no reflexed basal cilia"	86
86	"Petals ± oblong, the fringe 2.5–3 mm long (longer than lamina); style 5–6 mm long; leaves 1–2 mm long, spreading, grey–green; Southern Cross district"	"Verticordia mitodes"
86	"Petals ovate, the fringe 1–1.5 mm long (less than half lamina); style c. 4 mm long; leaves dark or bright green, appressed, 1.5–2.5 mm long; Kalbarri to Eneabba"	87
87	"Peduncles 2–2.5 mm long; petals 3.5 mm long, the fringe 1 mm long; leaves densely ciliate; flowers pale to deep pink"	"Verticordia centipeda"
87	"Peduncles 1 mm long; petals 4 mm long, the fringe 1.5 mm long; leaves erose to shortly and openly ciliate; flowers cream to pale pink"	"Verticordia pholidophylla"
88	"Staminodes channelled and slightly flared towards apex, or oblong, dentate"	89
88	"Staminodes linear-subulate, entire but usually with prominent oil glands"	91
89	"Flowers pale pink; sepal lobes broad, plumose; petals 4–4.5 mm long; staminodes oblong, 3–3.5 mm long; Eneabba"	"Verticordia fragrans"
89	"Flowers pale yellow; sepal lobes either narrow and fimbriate or obscurely lobed; petals 2.5–4 mm long; staminodes channelled, flared, 1.5–2.5 mm long"	90
90	"Petals entire to shortly dentate; style 5.5–6.5 mm long, the beard hairs 0.2–0.6 mm long, surrounding style for several mm; Kalbarri to Wicherina"	"Verticordia lepidophylla"
90	"Petals fimbriate; style 4.5–5.5 mm long, the beard unilateral and tufted, with hairs to 0.8 mm long; Three Springs to Morawa"	"Verticordia comosa"
91	"Style 20–25 mm long; petals dentate Burma Road to Badgingarra"	"Verticordia grandis"
91	"Style less than 20 mm long; petals fimbriate or digitate"	92
92	"Style 10–19 mm long; flowers silver and purple, or red; Kalbarri to Yuna area"	93
92	"Style 5–8 mm long; flowers pink, white, maroon or yellow"	94
93	"Petals digitately lobed, purple; sepals purple with silver lobes"	"Verticordia oculata"
93	"Petals fimbriate, creamish red to bright red; sepals bright red"	"Verticordia etheliana"
94	"Sepals 8–9 mm long; style 8 mm long"	"Verticordia serotina"
94	"Sepals 4–6 mm long; style 5–7 mm long"	95
95	"Style hairs 0.2–0.5 mm long"	96
95	"Style hairs 0.7–1.2 mm long"	100
96	"Peduncles 2.5–4 mm long; flowers golden or pale yellow"	"Verticordia chrysostachys"
96	"Peduncles 0.5–2 mm long, sometimes to 3 mm; flowers cream to silvery pink, pink-maroon, maroon, magenta, or yellow and deep red to bronze"	97
97	"Leaves 4–7 mm long; flowers cream to silvery pink; style straight"	"Verticordia argentea"
97	"Leaves 1–4 mm long; flowers pink-maroon, maroon, magenta, or yellow and deep red to bronze; style curved, sigmoid or geniculate below apex"	98
98	"Peduncles 0.5 mm long"	"Verticordia x eurardyensis"
98	"Peduncles 1.5–2 mm long"	99
99	"Flowers pink-maroon; ; stamens 3.5 mm long; style 5 mm long; Perenjori to Wongan Hills and Bencubbin"	"Verticordia venusta"
99	"Flowers yellow and deep red to bronze; stamens 1.8–2 mm long; style 6–7 mm long; north of lower Murchison R."	"Verticordia aereiflora"
100	"Leaves 3.5–9 mm wide; sepal lobes 7–9; flowers deep pink to maroon"	"Verticordia muelleriana"
100	"Leaves 2–4.5 mm wide; sepal lobes 10–13; flowers white, pink, or maroon and yellow"	101
101	"Sepal lobe midrib 0.1–0.2 mm wide; petals 4–5 mm long, the fringe 1 mm long; flowers white with pink centre; SW of Three Springs"	"Verticordia albida"
101	"Sepal lobe midrib 0.2–0.3 mm wide; petals 5–7 mm long, the fringe 2–2.5 mm long; flowers pink or maroon and yellow; Kalbarri and north-western areas"	102
102	"Flowers maroon and yellow; leaf margin entire; petal fimbriae obtuse; staminodes shorter than stamens; Kalbarri area"	"Verticordia dichroma"
102	"Flowers pink; leaf margin erose; petal fimbriae acute; stamens equalling or exceeding stamens; Carnarvon–Onslow–Kennedy Range area"	"Verticordia forrestii"