''Pomaderris viridis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

Rhamnaceae The Rhamnaceae are a large family of flowering plants, mostly trees, shrubs, and some vines, commonly called the buckthorn family. Rhamnaceae is included in the order Rosales. The family contains about 55 genera and 950 species. The Rhamnaceae h ...

and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with hairy young stems, egg-shaped to elliptic leaves, and

panicle A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are of ...

s of cream-coloured to pale yellowish-green flowers.

Description

''Pomaderris viridis'' is a shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of , its young stems densely covered with star-shaped hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped to elliptic, mostly long and wide on a petiole long and sometimes with serrated or wavy edges. Both surfaces of the leaves are covered with pale-coloured, star-shaped hairs and there are narrowly lance-shaped to linear stipules long at the base of the petiole, but that fall off as the leaf matures. The flowers are borne in

s long near the ends of branchlets, and are cream-coloured to pale yellowish-green, each flower on a

pedicel Pedicle or pedicel may refer to: Human anatomy *Pedicle of vertebral arch, the segment between the transverse process and the vertebral body, and is often used as a radiographic marker and entry point in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures ...

long. The sepals are long, and fall off as the flower matures and there are no petals. Flowering occurs in November.

Taxonomy

''Pomaderris viridis'' was first formally described in 2008 by

Neville Grant Walsh Neville Grant Walsh (born 1956) has worked at the National Herbarium of Victoria from 1977. Together with Don Foreman, he authored the first volume of ''Flora of Victoria'', authoring a further two with Timothy John Entwisle, Timothy Entwisle. wh ...

in the journal '' Muelleria'' from specimens he collected in 1994 from Coolangubrah State Forest (now part of the

South East Forests National Park The South East Forests National Park is a national park located in between the Monaro and South Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia. The national park is situated southwest of Sydney. It features high quality old growth eucalyptus ...

). The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

(''viridis'') means "green", referring to the general aspect of the plant and the relatively green upper and lower surfaces of the leaves.

Distribution and habitat

This pomaderris grows in rocky sites, usually near watercourses in forest. It is found in isolated populations between

Bemboka Bemboka is a town in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located on the Snowy Mountains Highway, in the Bega Valley Shire local government area, south of the state capital, Sydney. At the , the Bemboka gazetted lo ...

, Brogo and

Towamba Towamba is a small community, in New South Wales, Australia in Bega Valley Shire. It is located about forty minutes drive west of Eden. At the , Towamba had a population of 249 people. Along with settlements such as Burragate, Pericoe, Rocky ...

in south-eastern New South Wales. There is also a single record from Bellbird Creek in East Gippsland in Victoria.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17271149 Flora of Victoria (state) Flora of New South Wales viridis Plants described in 2008 Taxa named by Neville Grant Walsh