Appearance
''Correa aemula'' is an erect to spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 2.5 m and has woolly-hairy branches. The leaves are papery, broadly heart-shaped, 10–60 mm long and 5–35 mm wide on a petiole 4–6 mm long and covered with star-shaped hairs.The flowers are arranged singly, sometimes in pairs, in leaf axils or on the ends of short shoots, each on a pendent pedicel 5–30 mm long. The calyx is cup-shaped with four lance-shaped lobes 4–8 mm long. The petals are fused for most of their length, forming a cylindrical corolla 15–30 mm long and green or greyish gren, fading to mauve-purple. The eight stamens extend slightly beyond the end of the petal tube. Flowering occurs in spring and summer.
Distribution
''Correa aemula'' occurs on sandy or rocky soils in open forests and heathy woodlands in the Mount Lofty Ranges and Kangaroo Island in South Australia and the Grampians in Victoria. Hybrids with ''Correa decumbens'' and ''Correa reflexa'' have been recorded.
Habitat
''Correa aemula'' occurs on sandy or rocky soils in open forests and heathy woodlands in the Mount Lofty Ranges and Kangaroo Island in South Australia and the Grampians in Victoria. Hybrids with ''Correa decumbens'' and ''Correa reflexa'' have been recorded.References:
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