Pomaderris lanigera

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Woolly pomaderris

| image = Pomaderris lanigera.jpg

| image_caption = Pomaderris lanigera in Expedition National Park

| genus = Pomaderris

| species = lanigera

| authority = (Andrews) Sims{{cite web |title=Pomaderris lanigera |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/94353 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |accessdate=6 March 2022}}

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|synonyms =

  • Ceanothus laniger Andrews
  • Pomaderris ferruginea var. pubescens Benth.
  • Pomaderris hirta Reissek
  • Pomaderris obscura Sieber ex Fenzl nom. inval., pro syn.
  • Pomaderris simsii Sweet nom. inval., nom. nud.

}}

Pomaderris lanigera, commonly known as woolly pomaderris,{{cite web |last1=Harden |first1=Gwen J. |title=Pomaderris lanigera |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pomaderris~lanigera |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=6 March 2022}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with hairy stems, lance-shaped to egg-shaped or elliptic leaves, and hemispherical clusters of yellow flowers.

Description

Pomaderris lanigera is a shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|0.5–3|m}}, its branchlets covered with shaggy, rust-coloured and star-shaped hairs. The leaves are lance-shaped to egg-shaped or elliptic, {{cvt|40–130|mm}} long and {{cvt|20–50|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 has a few erect hairs and the lower surface is covered with shaggy, rust-coloured, star-shaped hairs. The flowers are yellow with shaggy rust-coloured hairs on the back and are arranged in more or less hemispherical panicles {{cvt|40–120|mm}} in diameter. Each flower is on a pedicel {{cvt|2.5–5.5|mm}} long with bracts at the base but that fall off as the flower opens. The floral cup is {{cvt|1.0–1.5|mm}} long, the sepals {{cvt|2–3|mm}} long but fall off as the flowers open, and the petals are spatula-shaped and {{cvt|1.5–2.5|mm}} long. Flowering occurs from August to October.{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Neville G. |title=Pomaderris lanigera |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/1600ea9c-3c77-45ba-84fc-4d537679b3b9 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=2 March 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Betty |title=Pomaderris lanigera |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/pomaderris_lanigera.htm |publisher=Lucid Keys |access-date=6 March 2022}}{{cite book |last1=Robinson |first1=Les |title=Field guide to the native plants of Sydney |date=1991 |publisher=Kangaroo Press |location=Kenthurst, NSW |isbn=0864171927 |page=204}}

Taxonomy

Woolly pomaderris was first formally described in 1809 by Henry Cranke Andrews who gave it the name Ceanothus laniger in The Botanist's Repository for New, and Rare Plants.{{cite web|title=Ceanothus laniger|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/460812|publisher=APNI|access-date=6 March 2022}}{{cite book |last1=Andrews |first1=Henry Cranke |title=The Botanist's Repository for New, and Rare Plants |volume=9 |date=1809 |publisher=H.C.Andrews |location=London |page=569 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/108763#page/34/mode/1up |access-date=6 March 2022}} In 1816, John Sims changed the name to Pomaderris lanigera in The Botanical Magazine.{{cite web|title=Pomaderris lanigera|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/517771|publisher=APNI|access-date=6 March 2022}} The specific epithet (lanigera) means "woolly".

Distribution and habitat

Pomaderris lanigera is widespread in forest on the coast and nearby ranges from south-eastern Queensland through New South Wales to near Melbourne in Victoria.

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