Pomaderris velutina
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| Pomaderris velutina | |
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| In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Pomaderris |
| Species: | P. velutina |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomaderris velutina | |
Pomaderris velutina, commonly known as velvety pomaderris[2] or velvet pomaderris,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a slender shrub with rusty-hairy young stems, egg-shaped to oblong or more or less elliptic leaves, and loose panicles of pale yellow flowers.
Pomaderris velutina is a slender shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in), its branchlets covered with soft, star-shaped hairs and rust-coloured simple hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped to oblong or more or less elliptic, mostly 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long and 6–15 mm (0.24–0.59 in) wide with stipules 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) long at the base. The upper surface of the leaves is densely covered with velvety hairs, the lower surface covered with scattered long hairs. The flowers are yellow and borne in loose, pyramid-shaped panicles 20–80 mm (0.79–3.15 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 1–5 mm (0.039–0.197 in) long, the sepals 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long and the petals spatula-shaped and 1.3–1.7 mm (0.051–0.067 in) long. Flowering occurs in October and November.[2][3]