Coast Correa
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| Scientific Name: | Correa alba |  Coast Correa plant Photo: A J Brown |
Other Common Name: | White Correa | |
Status: | Native to South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria. | |
Plant Description: | Shrub to 1.5 m with erect rusty or grey coloured and hairy stems. Leaves ovate to circular or obovate, 1-5-3.5 cm long and 10-27 mm wide with a rounded apex. Upper leaf surface more or less hairless, under surface short matted hairy. Flowers single or in clusters, on short stalks to 5 mm long. Flowers white with four spreading petals, 10-15 mm long and with red anthers. Fruit 5-7 mm long, green. | |
Habitat: | Common species of coastal habitats. Shows wind-pruned form in exposed positions. | |
Comments: | Unusual for a Correa in lacking a tubular flower. Increasingly used as a drought tolerant species for gardens, parks and medium strips. |
 Branches of Coast Correa Photo: A J Brown |  Leaves of Coast Correa Photo: A J Brown |
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