Pomaderris helianthemifolia subsp. helianthemifolia

Shrubs 1–2 m high; branchlets greyish to rusty, stellate-pubescent, rarely with scattered simple hairs. Leaves narrow-obovate or oblong, 15–40 mm long, 4–7(–10) mm wide, upper surface glabrous, smooth, apex.obtuse, margins recurved, lower surface greyish and densely stellate-pubescent, midrib with sparse simple hairs, secondary veins obscure or apparent; stipules 1–2.5 mm long, deciduous. Inflorescence of small pyramidal panicles, terminal and/or upper-axillary, usually c. 20–50-flowered; bracts deciduous. Pedicels 2.5–3.5 mm long. Flowers cream or yellow, externally stellate-pubescent, with scattered simple hairs; hypanthium 0.5–1 mm long; sepals 1.5–2 mm long, deciduous; petals absent; disc glabrous; ovary superior, glabrous; style branched in upper third. Capsule indented at apex; operculum membranous, sub-equal to mericarp, or indistinct.  Flowers Oct.–Nov.