Pomaderris helianthemifolia
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| Pomaderris helianthemifolia | |
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| Pomaderris helianthemifolia var. hispida in the ANBG | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Pomaderris |
| Species: | P. helianthemifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomaderris helianthemifolia | |
Pomaderris helianthemifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a bushy shrub with hairy young stems, narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and small panicles of hairy yellowish flowers.
Pomaderris helianthemifolia is a bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in), its stems covered with greyish to rust-coloured, star-shaped hairs. The leaves are narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped or oblong, 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide with stipules 1–2.5 mm (0.039–0.098 in) long at the base but that fall off as the leaf develops. The upper surface of the leaves glabrous and the lower surface is densely covered with soft, greyish, star-shaped hairs. The flowers are borne in panicles 20–50 mm (0.79–1.97 in) of about twenty to fifty and are yellowish. The sepals are 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long but fall of as the flowers mature and there are no petals.[2][3]