Plants in this section are often small, bushy shrubs with a single main stem and scented flowers.

They have a floral cup with downward curving appendages, bracteoles which are shed when the flower opens, and sepals with fringed lobes.

The petals have a fringed or toothed margin and a curved style that is hairy at the apex.

[2][3] When Alex George reviewed the genus in 1991, he retained Meissner's name and description of the section[4] and included eighteen species.

[1][5] The type species for this section is Verticordia drummondii and the other species are V. pennigera, V. halophila, V. blepharophylla, V. lindleyi, V. carinata, V. attenuata, V. wonganensis, V. paludosa, V. luteola, V. bifimbriata, V. tumida, V. mitodes, V. centipeda, V. auriculata, V. pholidophylla, V. spicata and V.