Spreading correa

Appearance

''Correa decumbens'' is a prostrate to spreading shrub that typically grow to a height of 1 m with its branchlets covered with reddish brown hairs. The leaves are narrow oblong to narrow elliptical, mostly 20–50 mm long and 5–10 mm wide on a petiole 3–5 mm long. The upper surface of the leaves is glabrous and the lower surface is covered with woolly, rust-coloured hairs. The flowers are usually arranged singly on the ends of short side shoots on pedicels 5–10 mm long with linear to spatula-shaped bracts 5–10 mm at the base. The calyx is hemispherical to cup-shaped, 2–4 mm long and hairy, with eight linear lobes 3–7 mm long. The corolla is narrow cylindrical, pink to red with four green lobes, 18–27 mm long. The eight stamens extend well beyond the end of the corolla. Flowering occurs between November and February as well from April to August in the species' native range.

Distribution

Spreading correa occurs on the southern Mount Lofty Ranges where it grows in forest dominated by stringybark and on Kangaroo Island where it grows in forest dominated by sugar gum .

Habitat

Spreading correa occurs on the southern Mount Lofty Ranges where it grows in forest dominated by stringybark and on Kangaroo Island where it grows in forest dominated by sugar gum .