Pomaderris eriocephala
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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Pomaderris eriocephala is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a spreading shrub with hairy stems, egg-shaped leaves, and clusters of cream-coloured flowers with white to rust-coloured hairs.
Description
Pomaderris eriocephala is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|1–3|m}}, its branchlets densely covered with shaggy, rust-coloured hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped, sometimes with the narrower end towards the base, and sometimes with a notched tip, {{cvt|8–45|mm}} long and {{cvt|7–30|mm}} wide, the upper surface with bristly hairs and the lower surface covered with white and rust-coloured, star-shaped hairs. The flowers are cream-coloured and borne in clusters about {{cvt|10|mm}} wide, each flower on a pedicel up to {{cvt|10|mm}} long with bracts at the base and covered with white to rust-coloured hairs. The floral cup is {{cvt|1.0–1.5|mm}} long, the sepals {{cvt|1.6–2.3|mm}} long but fall off as the flowers open, and there are usually no petals. Flowering occurs in September and October.{{cite web |last1=Harden |first1=Gwen J. |title=Pomaderris eriocephala |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pomaderris~eriocephala |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=11 February 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Neville G. |title=Pomaderris eriocephala |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/d2a4f57e-217a-43ad-b0db-4b8a31f2bcdb |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=11 February 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Betty |title=Pomaderris eriocephala |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/pomaderris_eriocephala.htm |publisher=Lucid Keys |access-date=11 February 2022}}
Taxonomy
Pomaderris eriocephala 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 eriocephala |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/517188 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |accessdate=11 February 2022}}{{cite journal |last1=Wakefield |first1=Norman A. |title=New species of Pomaderris |journal=The Victorian Naturalist |date=1951 |volume=68 |issue=8 |pages=141_142 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127325#page/154/mode/1up |access-date=11 February 2022}} The specific epithet (eriocephala) means "wool-headed".{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=193 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
This pomaderris grows in forest and woodland, and is found from south of Barrington Tops along the coast, tablelands and western slopes of New South Wales, through the Australian Capital Territory to Bairnsdale in eastern Victoria.