Pomaderris aurea
{{Short description|Species of shrub}}
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| image_caption = Pomaderris aurea in the ANBG
| genus = Pomaderris
| species = aurea
| authority = N.A.Wakef.{{cite web |title=Pomaderris aurea |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/93376 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |accessdate=4 January 2022}}
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Pomaderris aurea is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It is a shrub with hairy branchlets, egg-shaped or elliptic leaves and panicles of golden yellow flowers.
Description
Pomaderris aurea is a shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|0.5–2|m}}, its branchlets covered with soft grey or rust-coloured hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped or elliptic, {{cvt|15–50|mm}} long and {{cvt|8–20|mm}} wide with stipules {{cvt|4–9|mm}} long at the base, the lower surface covered with star-shaped hairs. The flowers are borne in rounded to pyramid-shaped panicles {{cvt|30–50|mm}} wide, and are golden yellow, each flower on a pedicel about {{cvt|2–3|mm}} long. The sepals are {{cvt|2.0–2.5|mm}} long but fall off as the flower opens and the petals are spatula-shaped and {{cvt|1.5–2.0|mm}} long. Flowering occurs from September to October.{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Neville G. |title=Pomaderris aurea |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/6e8685bb-cb99-4b5e-b7ee-d40a16784a09 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=4 January 2022}}
Taxonomy
Pomaderris aurea was first formally described in 1951 by Norman Arthur Wakefield in The Victorian Naturalist from specimens he collected near the upper Genoa River in 1949.{{cite web |title=Pomaderris aurea |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/516337 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |accessdate=4 January 2022}}{{cite journal |last1=Wakefield |first1=Norman A. |title=New species of Pomaderris |journal=The Victorian Naturalist |date=1951 |volume=68 |issue=8 |page=140 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127325#page/152/mode/1up |access-date=4 January 2022}} The specific epithet (aurea) means "golden".{{cite web |title=Pomaderris aurea |url=http://anpsa.org.au/p-hum.html |publisher=Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) |access-date=4 January 2022}}
Distribution and habitat
Use in horticulture
References
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Category:Flora of Victoria (state)