''Pomaderris adnata'' is a spreading shrub in the family

Rhamnaceae The Rhamnaceae are a large Family (biology), 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 specie ...

, it is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to New South Wales. It has smooth, elliptic or oblanceolate green leaves and pale yellow flowers in spring.

Description

''Pomaderris adnata'' is a spreading shrub high with soft, greyish, star shaped hairs on the new growth. The leaves are narrowly oval shaped, long, wide, upper side smooth, under side covered in greyish star-shaped hairs, leaf edges curved downward, smooth to more or less with deep, wavy depressions. The flowers are pale yellow, borne in small clusters in leaf axils. The seed capsule is covered in star-shaped hairs. The smaller leaf veins are sparsely covered with flattened, yellowish to rusty or greyish hairs and greyish star-shaped hairs. Flowering occurs in spring.

Taxonomy

''Pomaderris adnata'' was first formally described in 1997 by

Neville Grant Walsh Neville Grant Walsh (born 1956) has worked at the National Herbarium of Victoria from 1977. Walsh and Don Foreman authored the first volume of ''Flora of Victoria'', authoring a further three with Timothy Entwisle, and Volume 4 He has publishe ...

and Fiona Coates and the description was published in the journal '' Muelleria''.

Distribution and habitat

This species grows in dry sclerophyll forest and woodland heath at one location, on the escarpment south of Sydney at Sublime Point.

Conservation status

''Pomaderris adnata'' is classified as an endangered species under the New South Wales ''

Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW) The ''Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016'' (''BC Act'') is a state-based act of parliament in New South Wales (NSW). Its long title is ''An Act relating to the conservation of biodiversity; and to repeal the Threatened Species Conservation Act ...

''. Threats to its survival include small number of species, dumping of rubbish, road maintenance and weed invasion.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17250751 adnata Flora of New South Wales Taxa named by Neville Grant Walsh