Common name: White Correa
Correa alba Andrews APNI* Description: Erect shrub to 1.5 m high; young stems rusty-tomentose.
Leaves ovate to ± circular or obovate, 1.5–3.5 cm long, 10–27 mm wide, apex rounded, base rounded to cuneate, upper surface glabrous to sparsely hairy, lower surface tomentose.
Flowers solitary or in clusters on short axillary branches; pedicel 2.5–5 mm long; bracteoles 1.5–5 mm long, caducous. Calyx cup-shaped or hemispherical, 2–4 mm long, ± 4-toothed. Corolla 11–13 mm long, white or rarely pale pink, petals becoming ± free and spreading outwards. Anthers 1–2 mm long, not or slightly exserted.
Fruit 5–7 mm long, ± truncate, green.
Flowering: sporadically but chiefly April–June.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in sandy and rocky situations near sea; chiefly south from Port Stephens.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas.
Text by M. F. Porteners & P. H. Weston
Taxon concept:
| One variety in NSW : Correa alba var. alba |
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