Family: Myrtaceae

Verticordia plumosa is a rounded shrub endemic to Western Australia. It is cultivated in gardens for its flowers and as a pollinator plant that attracts birds and bees. The varieties ananeotes and vassensis are considered threatened by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. This plant has not been documented as naturalized in any Hawaiian Islands to date.

High Risk Traits:

• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Reproduces by seed
  
• Hybridizes with other species and genera
  
• Possibly self-compatible
  
• Reaches maturity rapidly (12-18 months)
  
• “Fruit” (one-seeded nut) likely dispersed by wind, and intentionally by people
  
• Seeds in genus may form a persistent soil seed bank (unknown for V. plumosa)
  
• Resprouts after cutting and fire

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness or naturalization, but limited evidence of widespread introduction outside native range
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Grows best in full sun to partial shade (dense shade may limit ability to spread)
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively