Vellereophyton dealbatum

Vellereophyton is from the Latin word velleris, meaning a fleece, and the Greek word phyton, meaning a plant. Dealbatum is from the Latin word dealbatus, meaning white-washed. Botanically this means whitened, either by whitish powder or by white hairs.

Occurs in the southwest of Western Australia. Also occurs in south eastern Australia.

A herb to 80 centimetres tall with white flowers produced from October to December.

This species is originally from South Africa.

Western Weeds, A Guide to the Weeds of Western Australia. BMJ Hussey, GJ Keighery, J Dodd, SG Lloyd, RD Cousens. 1997.

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. Third edition 2019.

Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2904675

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/8257

Why are there no photographs for this plant?

The main reason why some plants don’t have photographs is because we haven’t found the plant yet. We have had a few flora surveys conducted and they have indicated that this plant can be found in the bush. The problem is that we just don’t know where in the bush to find it. And if we can’t find it, we can’t photograph it.

Another problem we have is that, while we have a name for the plant, we really don’t know what it actually looks like. It’s very difficult to find a plant if you’re not sure what you’re looking for.

But rest assured that as soon as we have photographs for this plant we’ll put them on the website.