Correa decumbens
Spreadsing Correa
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Common name: Spreadsing Correa
Conservation status: ...
Etymology:
Flowers:
The flowers are usually arranged singly on the ends of short side shoots on pedicels 5–10 mm long
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
Fruit:
Leaves:
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
The lower surface is covered with woolly, rust-coloured hairs
Stem & branches:
Roots:
Habit:
A prostrate to spreading shrub that typically grow to a height of 1 m
Its branchlets covered with reddish brown hair
Habitat:
On the southern Mount Lofty Ranges where it grows in forest dominated by stringybark
On Kangaroo Island where it grows in forest dominated by sugar gum (Eucalyptus cladocalyx)
Distribution:
Endemic to South Australia
On the southern Mount Lofty Ranges and on Kangaroo Island
Additional notes:
Taxonomy
Correa decumbens was first formally described in 1855 by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller
Appeared in Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science from plants growing "on the cataracts towards Mount Lofty, and on the banks of the Onkaparinga in South Australia"
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