Bertya pomaderroides F.Muell. APNI* Synonyms: Bertya pomaderroides var. angustifolia Blakely APNI*
Description: Spreading shrub to 1 m high, usually with a whitish to rusty tomentum, ± glabrescent.
Leaves ovate, oblong or linear, 10–30 mm long, 3–12 mm, rarely to 15 mm wide, upper surface dark green and glabrous, lower surface whitish tomentose.
Flowers on peduncles to 15 mm long; bracts mostly 4, linear, 1–1.5 mm long, tomentose to glabrous. Female perianth segments subulate to acuminate, 2–3 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous, styles bifid or trifid.
Capsule narrow, 10 mm long, acute, glabrous.
Flowering: spring to summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Usually found in moist soils along rivers and creeks.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, CT, ST, CWS
A form with glabrous branches and linear-lanceolate leaves has sometimes been recognized as var. <angustifolia Blakely. CC. Small-leaved specimens have sometimes been known as B. oblongifolia J. Mueller. Intermediates occur in the Sydney region and on the SC between this and the preceding species. These plants have stellate indumentum ± intermediate between the two; the upper surface of the leaves is glabrous, the perianth and ovary are mostly glabrous as in B. pomaderroides and the leaves are larger with flatter margins as in B. brownii.
Text by T. A. James & G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: D.A. Halford & R.J.F. Henderson (2002)
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