Verticordia sect. Sigalantha is one of seven sections in the subgenus Chrysoma. It includes two species of plants in the genus Verticordia. Plants in this section are rigid shrubs with a single main stem and are up to 1sigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 tall. They have golden-yellow flowers with prominent shining petals. The flowers are arranged in corymb-like groups and become pale or grey as they age. The bracteoles fall off the flower as it opens.[1] When Alex George reviewed the genus in 1991, he described the section and gave it the name Sigalantha.[2] [3] The name Sigalantha is derived from the Ancient Greek words sigaloeis meaning "shiny"[4] and anthos meaning "flower" referring to the shiny petals of these species.
The type species for this section is Verticordia serrata and the other species is V. integra.