Pomaderris eriocephala N.A.Wakef. APNI* 
Description: Spreading shrub to 3 m high, often multistemmed, stems with long spreading brownish simple hairs above a fawnish tomentum.
Leaves ovate to ± circular, 1–3 cm long, 8–20 mm wide, margins ± toothed; upper surface dark green with sparse to dense simple hairs, veins deeply impressed; lower surface with long brownish hairs above a whitish tomentum.
Flowers yellow, in compact head-like clusters; bracts falling early, hairy. Petals absent.
Capsule covered with long rusty hairs, hypanthium with fewer whitish hairs.
Distribution and occurrence: Open forest south from Barrington Tops, mainly at higher altitudes on the ranges south of the Bathurst district, also recorded near Armidale and Torrington. In sclerophyll forest and woodland, mainly at higher altitudes.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS
Other Australian states: Vic.
Text by G.J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 Suppl. (1999)
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