Pomaderris ligustrina
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| Privet pomaderris | |
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| Pomaderris ligustrina in the ANBG | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Pomaderris |
| Species: | P. ligustrina |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomaderris ligustrina | |
Pomaderris ligustrina, commonly known as privet 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 stems, lance-shaped to narrowly elliptic leaves, and loose clusters of cream-coloured or yellow flowers.
Pomaderris ligustrina is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.0–4.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 14 ft 9 in), its branchlets covered with both simple and rust-coloured, star-shaped hairs when young. The leaves are usually lance-shaped to narrowly elliptic, 20–80 mm (0.79–3.15 in) long and 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) wide with stipules 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long at the base but that fall off as the leaf develops. The upper surface of the leaves is glabrous and the lower surface covered with silky, rust-coloured hairs. The flowers are creamy-white to yellow and arranged in loose panicles 10–50 mm (0.39–1.97 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long. The floral cup is 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long, the sepals 0.8–1.4 mm (0.031–0.055 in) long but fall off as the flowers open, and there are no petals. Flowering occurs in September and October.[2][3][4]