Kangaroo Island pomaderris

Scientific name: Pomaderris halmaturina ssp. halmaturina    

National status (EPBC Act 1999): Vulnerable

South Australian status: (NPW Act 1972): Vulnerable

Description:

Erect spreading large shrub to 4 m high. Large lance-shaped leaves with prominent venation, bright to dark green above, white to brown and covered with soft hairs below. Small cream-coloured flowers in terminal clusters which turn pink when old. Flowering mainly from September to November, although sometimes as late as January.

Distribution:

Endemic to the southern areas of South Australia including Kangaroo Island. On Kangaroo Island it grows on the Dudley Peninsula and throughout the Cygnet River floodplain within Eucalyptus mallee woodland and riparian Eucalyptus forest.

Specific threats:

Threats to Pomaderris halmaturina ssp. halmaturina include disturbance and vegetation clearance, road maintenance activities, livestock grazing, increasing dryland salinity, over-browsing by macropods (kangaroos and wallabies), competition from weeds including bridal creeper (Asparagus asparagoides) and African boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum), inappropriate fire regimes (lack of fire) and climate change.