Pomaderris betulina
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| Birch pomaderris | |
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| Near Paddys River, A.C.T. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Pomaderris |
| Species: | P. betulina |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomaderris betulina | |
Pomaderris betulina, commonly known as birch pomaderris,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a shrub with hairy young stems, lance-shaped to oblong or elliptic leaves, and yellowish flowers.
Pomaderris betulina is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–4 m (3 ft 3 in – 13 ft 1 in), its young stems covered with woolly, rust-coloured, star-shaped hairs. The leaves are lance-shaped to more or less oblong to elliptic, 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 in) long and 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) wide, the upper surface usually glabrous and the lower surface with woolly, white to rust-coloured hairs. The flowers are borne in panicles, including clusters of flowers about 10 mm (0.39 in) in diameter. The flowers are yellowish, each flower on a pedicel up to 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The sepals are 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long but fall off as the flowers mature and there are no petals. Flowering occurs from October to November.[2][3]