Pomaderris pauciflora
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Pomaderris pauciflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the south-east of continental Australia. It is a shrub with hairy stems, mostly lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and panicles of cream-coloured flowers.
Description
Pomaderris pauciflora is a shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|1–3|m}}, its stems densely covered with woolly, star-shaped hairs. The leaves are lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, usually {{cvt|15–20|mm}} long and {{cvt|4–5|mm}} wide with more or less wavy edges. The upper surface of the leaves have a few bristly hairs, the lower surface densely covered with woolly, star-shaped hairs. The flowers are cream-coloured and borne in leafy panicles, each flower on a pedicel {{cvt|0.5–2.5|mm}} long. The petal-like sepals are {{cvt|1.2–2.0|mm}} long but soon fall off, and there are no petals. Flowering occurs in October and November and the fruit is a hairy capsule.{{cite web |last1=Harden |first1=Gwen J. |title=Pomaderris pauciflora |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pomaderris~pauciflora |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=31 March 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Neville G. |title=Pomaderris pauciflora |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/364cdbf3-366e-4801-bea8-685ddeda4a1d |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=31 March 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Betty |title=Pomaderris pauciflora |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/pomaderris_pauciflora.htm |publisher=Lucid Keys |access-date=31 March 2022}}
Taxonomy
Pomaderris pauciflora was first formally described in 1951 by Norman Arthur Wakefield in The Victorian Naturalist from specimens collected near the Upper Genoa River in 1948.{{cite web |title=Pomaderris pauciflora |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/545451 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |accessdate=31 March 2022}}{{cite journal |last1=Wakefield |first1=Norman A. |title=New species of Pomaderris. |journal=The Victorian Naturalist |date=1951 |volume=68 |issue=8 |page=141 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127325#page/153/mode/1up |access-date=26 March 2022}} The specific epithet (pauciflora) means "few-flowered".{{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=272 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
This pomaderris usually grows in rocky places along watercourses from south of Merriwa in New South Wales to the banks of the Genoa and Snowy Rivers in Victoria.
References
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Category:Flora of New South Wales
Category:Flora of Victoria (state)