Pomaderris pallida

Pomaderris pallida, commonly known as pale pomaderris,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the south-east of continental Australia. It is a compact, rounded shrub with hairy stems, narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblong leaves and panicles of cream-coloured flowers.

Pomaderris pallida
In Pine Island Reserve
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Pomaderris
Species:
P. pallida
Binomial name
Pomaderris pallida

Description

Pomaderris pallida is a compact, rounded shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in), its stems covered with small woolly, whitish, star-shaped hairs. The leaves are narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblong, 8–20 mm (0.31–0.79 in) long and 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) wide, both surfaces densely covered with velvety, star-shaped hairs. The flowers are borne in small, leafy panicles 20–80 mm (0.79–3.15 in) long with five cream-coloured, petal-like sepals but there are no petals. Flowering occurs from September to December and the fruit is a hairy capsule.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy

Pomaderris pallida was first formally described in 1951 by Norman Arthur Wakefield in The Victorian Naturalist from specimens collected by Richard Hind Cambage near the junction of the Murrumbidgee and Cotter Rivers in 1911.[5][6] The specific epithet (pallida) means "pale".[7]

Distribution and habitat

This pomaderris grows in open forest and scrub in woodland but is only known from a few populations in the Australian Capital Territory and south-eastern New South Wales.[2][3][8]

Conservation status

Pomaderris pallida is list as "vulnerable" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the New South Wales Government Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.[2][3][8]

References
  1. "Pomaderris pallida". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  2. Harden, Gwen J. "Pomaderris pallida". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  3. "Pale pomaderris - profile". New South Wales Government Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  4. Wood, Betty. "Pomaderris pallida". Lucid Keys. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  5. "Pomaderris pallida". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  6. Wakefield, Norman A. (1951). "New species of Pomaderris". The Victorian Naturalist. 68 (8): 141–143. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  7. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 269. ISBN 9780958034180.
  8. "Approved Conservation Advice for Pomaderris pallida" (PDF). Australian Government Department of Primary Industries, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
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