Seed sample of Pomaderris phylicifolia (Narrow-leaved Dogwood). Mature seeds are typically very dark brown. Immature or infested seeds are typically paler brown. White appendage is an elaiosome.
Young plants of Pomaderris elliptica var. diemenica (Tasmanian yellow dogwood) just starting to flower on Hardwickes Hill in the Waterhouse Conservation Area, Tasmania.
Seed sample of Pomaderris apetala (Common Dogwood). Mature seeds are typically dark brown. Immature or infested seeds are typically tan brown. White appendage is an elaiosome. This collection shows a common syndrome observed in Pomaderrris apetala where the membraneous operculum fails or only partly develops in the coccarium segments and so fails to release the seed.