Common name: Mountain Correa
Correa lawrenceana var. glandulifera Paul G.Wilson APNI* Description: Calyx with prominent glandular dots, ± glabrous. Shrub or tree, 3–6 m high. Leaves ovate, 4–8 cm long, 20–35 mm wide, apex acute, base cuneate, lower surface tomentose. Flowers 1–5 on stalks 0.6–1.7 cm long; bracteoles 2–3 mm long, inserted 2–10 mm below apex. Calyx c. 2 mm long, gland-dotted, glabrous or sparsely stellate-hairy. Corolla 22–27 mm long, greenish yellow, tomentose outside.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in open forest, from Gibraltar Ra. to Washpool Creek, and eastern Macpherson Ra.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by M. F. Porteners & P. H. Weston Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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