Verticordia sect. Pennuligera
Verticordia" sect. "Pennuligera is one of six sections in the subgenus "Eperephes". It includes sixteen shrub species in the genus "Verticordia". Plants in this section range from small and spreading to large shrubs and have been referred to as "lettuce-leaved" or "round-leaved". The flowers are relatively large, with their sepals having feathered lobes and ear-like appendages on a stalk so that the appendages cover the floral cup. The petals are oval to egg-shaped or round and are usually fringed. In 1857, Carl Meissner proposed separating the genus "Verticordia" into four sections and formally  described section "Pennuligera". The description was published in "Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany". When Alex George reviewed the genus in 1991, he retained Meissner's name and description of the section, nominated "V. grandis" as the type species and included sixteen species. The type species for this section is "Verticordia grandis" and the other species are "V. comosa", "V. lepidophylla", "V. chrysostachys", "V. aereiflora", "V. dichroma", "V. × eurardyensis", "V. muelleriana", "V. argentea", "V. albida", "V. fragrans", "V. venusta", "V. forrestii", "V. serotina", "V. oculata" and "V. etheliana".