| Mouse featherflower | |
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| Verticordia fastigiata in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Verticordia |
| Subgenus: | Verticordia subg. Verticordia |
| Section: | Verticordia sect. Micrantha |
| Species: | V. fastigiata
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| Binomial name | |
| Verticordia fastigiata | |
| Synonyms | |
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Verticordia conferta Benth.[2] | |
Verticordia fastigiata, commonly known as mouse featherflower, is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate or low shrub with small, club-shaped leaves and mouse-scented flowers which vary in colour from golden-yellow and orange to dark red.