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- ≡ Pomaderris prunifolia var. edgerleyi (Hook.f.) L.B.Moore in Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 421-422 (1961)
Low-growing or straggling shrub rarely to 1 m. tall. Lvs inclined to lie in one plane, 15–25–(30) × 7–10–(15) mm., broad-elliptic to elliptic-oblong, minutely apiculate, slightly toothed at veins, margins not recurved, petiole 3–5 mm. long; upper surface scabrid with stiff simple unicellular hairs, veins depressed; lower surface with stellate hairs, sessile ones forming a close white cover, shortly stalked ones ferruginous and ∞, especially on the prominent veins. Infl. of compact short-stalked ± globular clusters, axillary or a few bunched terminally; outer bracts stramineous, broad-ovate with close cover of sessile stellate hairs; buds elongated, pale; pedicels 1–2 mm. long. Fls pale, c. 4 mm. diam.; calyx-tube > 1 mm. long, villous with long hairs; sepals c. 1·5 mm. long; petals 0; style divided to c. 1/3 length; capsule 3 mm. long, narrow, c. 2/3 immersed in calyx-tube, pale except for dark hairs on upper surface, losing sepals early; operculum c. 1/2 coccus-length; seeds long, 1·9 × 1 mm., dark brown.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.as Pomaderris prunifolia var. edgerleyi (Hook.f.) L.B.Moore]
Flowering: Oct.; Fruiting: Nov.–Jan.