Pomaderris vellea
{{Short description|Species of shrub}}
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| image = Pomaderris vellea.jpg
| image_caption = In Maranoa Gardens
| genus = Pomaderris
| species = vellea
| authority = N.A.Wakef.{{cite web |title=Pomaderris vellea |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/113374 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |accessdate=25 April 2022}}
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Pomaderris vellea, commonly known as woolly pomaderris,{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pomaderris~vellea |title=Pomaderris vellea N.A.Wakef. |accessdate=14 September 2012 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with curly-hairy stems, oblong to circular leaves, and dense panicles of yellow flowers.
Description
Pomaderris vellea is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to {{cvt|2|m}}, its stems covered with curly hairs. The leaves are oblong to circular, mostly {{cvt|30–40|mm}} long and about {{cvt|20|mm}} wide, sometimes with a notched tip. The upper surface of the leaves is densely hairy and velvety, the lower surface covered with woolly, rust-coloured hairs. The flowers are borne in dense panicles at the ends of branches, each flower yellow, the sepals and petals together {{cvt|3–5|mm}}.{{cite book |last1=Carolin |first1=Roger C. |last2=Tindale |first2=Mary D. |title=Flora of the Sydney region |date=1994 |publisher=Reed |location=Chatswood, NSW |isbn=0730104001 |page=422 |edition=4th}}{{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=205}}
Taxonomy
Pomaderris vellea was first formally described in 1951 by Norman Wakefield in The Victorian Naturalist based on plant material collected from Torrington in New South Wales by [https://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/boorman-john.html J.L. Boorman] in 1911.{{cite web |title=Pomaderris vellea |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/546971 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |accessdate=25 April 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=25 April 2022}} The specific epithet (vellea) means "fleece" or "wool", referring to the fine, soft texture of the leaves.{{cite book |author=William T. Stearn |title=Botanical Latin. History, grammar, syntax, terminology and vocabulary |date=1992 |publisher=Timber Press |location=Portland, Oregon |edition=4th|page=526}}
Distribution and habitat
Woolly pomaderris grows in open forest on the coast and escarpments from far south-eastern Queensland to the Sydney region and inland as far as Denman in New South Wales.{{cite web |title=Pomaderris vellea |url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2902782 |publisher=Atlas of Living Australia |access-date=25 April 2022}}
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Category:Flora of New South Wales