''Pomaderris flabellaris'', commonly known as fan pomaderris, 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 ...

and is

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to South Australia. It is a low shrub with fan-shaped leaves, and small clusters of woolly-hairy flowers.

Description

''Pomaderris flabellaris'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of about . The leaves are fan-shaped, long and wide, usually with wavy or toothed edges, on a petiole long. Both surfaces are covered with star-shaped hairs, densely so on the lower surface. The flowers are arranged in small groups up to long in leaf axils and on the ends of branchlets, each flower on a hairy

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about long. The

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s are densely covered with rust-coloured, star-shaped hairs and are long but there are no petals. Flowering occurs from August to October.

Taxonomy

Fan pomaderris was first formally described in 1858 by

Siegfried Reissek Siegfried Reissek (11 April 1819 in Teschen – 9 November 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian naturalist and botanist who specialized in spermatophytes. He is known for his studies involving plant anatomy and histology. From 1837 to 1841 he wa ...

who gave it the name ''Trymalium flabellare'' in the journal ''Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkundein'' from an unpublished description by

Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vic ...

. In 1926,

John McConnell Black John McConnell Black (28 April 1855 – 2 December 1951) was a Scottish botanist who emigrated to Australia in 1877 and eventually documented and illustrated thousands of flora in South Australia in the early 20th century. His publications assi ...

changed the name to ''Pomaderris flabellaris''.

Distribution and habitat

''Pomaderris flabellaris'' grows in shallow soil and sand dunes on the

Eyre Peninsula The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded by the Spencer Gulf on the east, the Great Australian Bight on the west, and the Gawler Ranges to the north. Originally called Eyre’s Peninsula, it was named af ...

in South Australia.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17271153 Flora of South Australia flabellaris Plants described in 1858