Pomaderris cinerea Benth. APNI* 
Description: Shrub or small tree 5–10 m high, branches slender, ribbed, fawn, shortly stellate-tomentose.
Leaves ± elliptic to obovate, 2–5 cm long, 10–20 mm wide, apex acute to obtuse; upper surface greyish with a very fine pubescence, ± velvety; lower surface densely covered with stellate hairs, whitish tomentose; secondary veins prominent and ± rusty on lower surface, but not usually impressed on upper surface; stipules filiform, c. 5 mm long.
Flowers pale yellow, in very narrow panicles. Petals absent.
Capsule finely stellate-hairy, at first sepals persistent.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Moist open forest, often bordering rainforest; coastal ranges from the Moruya district to Bega and inland along the Tuross R. Moist open forest, often bordering rainforest.
NSW subdivisions: SC, ST
Text by G.J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 Suppl. (1999)
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