Pomaderris discolor
{{Short description|Species of shrub}}
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| image = Pomaderris discolor.jpg
| image_caption = At Black Mountain in the A.C.T.
| genus = Pomaderris
| species = discolor
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| authority = (Vent.) Poir.{{cite web |title=Pomaderris discolor |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/93778 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |accessdate=5 February 2022}}
| synonyms = Ceanothus discolor Vent.
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Pomaderris discolor is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a shrub with woolly-hairy stems, elliptic leaves, and clusters of pale yellowish flowers.
Description
File:FloraAustralasica 0125b Pomaderris discolor.tif's Flora Australasica (1828)]]
Pomaderris discolor is a shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|1–3|m}}, its stems covered with white, woolly, star-shaped hairs. The leaves are elliptic or egg-shaped, {{cvt|30–95|mm}} long and {{cvt|10–40|mm}} wide with stipules {{cvt|4–6|mm}} long at the base but that fall off as the leaf develops. The upper surface of the leaves is glabrous and the lower surface greyish and covered with star-shaped hairs. The flowers are pale yellowish and hairy, borne in pyramid-shaped panicles {{cvt|30–60|mm}} long on the ends of branchlets, each flower on a pedicel {{cvt|1.2–2.5|mm}} long. The floral cup is {{cvt|0.5–11|mm}} long, the sepals {{cvt|1.2–1.7|mm}} long and the petals {{cvt|0.8–1.2|mm}} long but fall off as the flower opens. Flowering occurs in September and October and the fruit is a hairy capsule.{{cite web |last1=Harden |first1=Gwen J. |title=Pomaderris discolor |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pomaderris~discolor |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=5 February 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Neville G. |title=Pomaderris discolor |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/112a5a8b-be8b-4351-aca0-18a66b72f5ef |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=5 February 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Betty |title=Pomaderris discolor |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/pomaderris_discolor.htm |publisher=Lucid keys |access-date=5 February 2022}}
Taxonomy
This species was first formally described in 1804 by Étienne Pierre Ventenat who gave it the name Ceanothus discolor in his book Jardin de la Malmaison.{{cite web |title=Ceanothus discolor |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/657213 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |accessdate=5 February 2022}} In 1808, Jean Louis Marie Poiret changed the name to Pomaderris discolor.{{cite web |title=Pomaderris discolor |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/561909 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |accessdate=5 February 2022}}
Distribution and habitat
Pomaderris discolor grows in open forest and rainforest margins between the Crawford River in New South Wales and Sale in eastern Victoria.
References
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Category:Flora of New South Wales
Category:Flora of Victoria (state)