Pomaderris notata S.T.Blake APNI*
Description: Shrub to 2 m high, stems shortly tomentose.
Leaves elliptic, 3–6 cm long, 20–30 mm wide, apex rounded to acute, sometimes mucronate; upper surface glabrous, green; lower surface shortly tomentose, whitish to pale grey with the thickened margins and veins slightly rusty.
Flowers creamish, in terminal panicles; bracts 4–5 mm long, falling very early. Hypanthium and sepals shortly tomentose, sepals pilose towards apex. Petals absent.
Capsule not seen; hypanthium and sepals shortly tomentose, sepals pilose towards apex.
Distribution and occurrence: Confined to rocky basalt ranges on the McPherson Ra., sometimes locally dominant. Confined to rocky basalt ranges.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Vulnerable
Text by G.J. Harden Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 Suppl. (1999)
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