About Pomaderris elliptica Labill.
Pomaderris elliptica Labill. is a shrub that usually reaches a height of 1 to 4 meters (3 feet 3 inches to 13 feet 1 inch). Its branchlets are densely covered in soft, star-shaped hairs. The leaves are either egg-shaped or elliptic, measuring 30 to 90 millimeters (1.2 to 3.5 inches) long and 15 to 45 millimeters (0.59 to 1.77 inches) wide. Stipules 2 to 5 millimeters (0.079 to 0.197 inches) long grow at the base of each leaf, but these stipules fall off as the leaf matures. The upper surface of the leaves is glabrous, while the lower surface is densely covered with star-shaped hairs. The pale yellow flowers are arranged in clusters that can be up to 120 millimeters (4.7 inches) across, and each individual flower grows on a pedicel 2 to 5 millimeters (0.079 to 0.197 inches) long. The floral cup is 0.8 to 1 millimeter (0.031 to 0.039 inches) long, the sepals are 1.5 to 2.0 millimeters (0.059 to 0.079 inches) long and fall off when the flower opens, and the petals are 1.5 to 2.0 millimeters (0.059 to 0.079 inches) long. This species flowers from September to December. It grows in open forest, with a widespread range from south of Taree in New South Wales, through south-eastern Victoria, to Tasmania. The variety Pomaderris elliptica var. diemenica is endemic to Tasmania.
