Pomaderris mediora
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| Pomaderris mediora | |
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| At Turimetta Beach, Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Pomaderris |
| Species: | P. mediora |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomaderris mediora | |
Pomaderris mediora is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the central coast of New South Wales. It is a low-lying or erect shrub with hairy new growth, narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and panicles of cream-coloured flowers.
Pomaderris mediora is a low-lying or erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in), its new growth covered with shaggy, greyish to rust-coloured simple and star-shaped hairs. The leaves are narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) long and 1.5–5 mm (0.059–0.197 in) wide on a petiole 1.5–3 mm (0.059–0.118 in) long with egg-shaped stipules 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 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 is densely covered with greyish to rust-coloured hairs. The flowers are borne in pyramid-shaped panicles 20–80 mm (0.79–3.15 in) long with 50 to 100 cream-coloured flowers, each on a pedicel 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long and covered with hairs similar to those on the leaves. The sepals are 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long but there are no petals. Flowering occurs in September and October and the fruit is 2.5–3.0 mm (0.098–0.118 in) long.[2][3]