Chrysoma is a botanical name for a grouping of similar plant species in the genus Verticordia.

This subgenus contains seven sections, classifying twenty one species, of Alex George's infrageneric arrangement.

A number of similar anatomical features differentiate the contained species from the two other subgenera.

The name of this subgenus was first given by Schauer in 1840, likely derived from the Greek chryso- for golden, for the yellow flowered species.

Small green structures in other Verticordia, found at the edge of the hypanthium, are absent in this taxon.