Pomaderris forrestiana
{{Short description|Species of shrub}}
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|genus = Pomaderris
|species = forrestiana
|authority = F.Muell.{{cite web |title=Pomaderris forrestiana |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/94092 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |accessdate=16 February 2022}}
|synonyms = Pomaderris mayeri C.A.Gardner
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Pomaderris forrestiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-western Australia. It is a low shrub with elliptic leaves, and small clusters of woolly-hairy flowers.
Description
Pomaderris forrestiana is a shrub that typically grows to a height of about {{cvt|30–75|cm}}. The leaves are elliptic, {{cvt|4–8|mm}} long and {{cvt|4–7|mm}} wide, on a petiole {{cvt|1–2|mm}} long. The upper surface is velvety-hairy and the lower surface is covered with grey, woolly, star-shaped hairs. The flowers are arranged in small groups in leaf axils and on the ends of branchlets, each flower on a hairy pedicel about {{cvt|1|mm}} long. The sepals are about {{cvt|2|mm}} long with grey, woolly, star-shaped hairs on the back and the petals are spatula-shaped and slightly shorter than the sepals. Flowering has been observed in July and September.{{cite web |title=Pomaderris forrestiana |url=http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Pomaderris_forrestiana |publisher=State Herbarium of South Australia |access-date=16 February 2022}}
Taxonomy
Pomaderris forrestiana was first formally described in 1875 by Ferdinand von Mueller in his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected by John Forrest.{{cite web |title=Pomaderris forrestiana |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/517382 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |accessdate=16 February 2022}}{{cite book |last1=von Mueller |first1=Ferdinand |title=Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae |volume=9 |date=1875 |publisher=Victorian Government Printer |location=Melbourne |page=139 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7226#page/140/mode/1up |access-date=16 February 2022}} The specific epithet (forrestiana) honours the collector of the type specimens.{{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=201 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
Pomaderris forrestiana grows in rocky and sandy soils on stony hills and coastal limestone south from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia and along the coast of south-western Australia to as far east as near the border between Western Australia and South Australia.{{FloraBase|name=Pomaderris forrestiana|id=4815}}
Conservation status
This pomaderris is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
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Category:Flora of South Australia
Category:Flora of Western Australia