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 description was published in Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany.

[2][3] 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[4] and included sixteen species.

[1][5] 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.