Pomaderris paniculosa subsp. paniculosa
Shrubs 1–3 m high, branchlets greyish or rusty stellate-pubescent. Leaves elliptic to obovate, 8–15 mm long, 6–12 mm wide, obtuse to shallowly emarginate; margins entire, rarely obscurely toothed; upper surface glabrous, or shortly hispid with simple or stellate hairs; lower surface densely stellate-pubescent, entirely greyish, or with scattered larger rusty hairs, secondary veins apparent; stipules 2–4 mm long. Inflorescences mostly axillary clusters, rarely paniculate, 1–7 cm long, 0.5–2 cm wide, 10–50-flowered; bracts deciduous; pedicels 1–3 mm long. Flowers cream or greenish, indumentum greyish or rusty, densely stellate-pubescent; hypanthium 1–1.5 mm long; sepals 1.5–2 mm long, persistent; petals absent; disc absent; ovary inferior, summit stellate-pubescent, style branched from near base. Operculum membranous, c. two-thirds mericarp length. Flowers Sep.–Oct.
LoM, MuM, Wim, VVP, VRiv, OtP, Gold, CVU. Also WA, SA, ?NSW. Mostly on shallow soils overlying sandstone or limestone in the nearer north-west, associated with mallee and taller woodlands. Early (pre-1900) records from near Lake Albacutya suggest a former wider distribution.
Walsh, N.G. (1999). Pomaderris. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 85–109. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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