Correa reflexa

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

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Plant  information

Common name:                Common Correa

• Also, Native Fuchsia

Conservation status:  unknown

Etymology:   

Flowers:                  

• The pendant, tubular flowers occur in groups of 1 to 3 

• Are up to 40 mm long with 4 flaring triangular tips

• Colour is variable including pale green, red with yellow tips and other variations

Fruit:                         

Leaves:         

• Leaves are generally oval in shape and range from 10mm to 50mm long

• Their surfaces often have visible oil glands and short hairs

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• Shrubs that are quite variable and a large number of varieties and local forms have been identified

• Heights vary from prostrate to 1.5 m

Habitat:   

Distribution:                  

• Endemic to Australia

Species:                     

• The following varieties are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:

  • C. reflexa var. angustifolia - Grampians correa (Vic.)

  • C. reflexa var. insularis (S.A.)

  • C. reflexa var. lobata - Powelltown correa (Vic.)

  • C. reflexa var. nummulariifolia  - roundleaf correa (Tas.)

  • C. reflexa var. reflexa (S.A., Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.)

  • C. reflexa var. scabridula - western correa (S.A.,Vic.)

  • C. reflexa var. speciosa  - eastern correa (N.S.W., Vic.)

• Natural hybrids have been recorded with Correa alba, C. pulchella, C. aemula and C. decumbens  

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • The species was first formally described in 1800 by botanist Jacques Labillardière in Relation du Voyage à la Recherche de la Pérouse based on the type from Adventure Bay in southern Tasmania

  • He gave it the name Mazeutoxeron reflexum and published the description in Relation du Voyage à la Recherche de la Pérouse

  • The species was transferred to the genus Correa as C. reflexa in 1803 by Étienne Pierre Ventenat in Jardin de la Malmaison

• Use in horticulture

  • Correa reflexa prefers a position with good drainage and some shade

  • The species is generally not suited to tropical regions, although use of forms from sub-tropical areas of New South Wales may afford some success

  • Tip pruning after flowering promotes a more compact form and enhanced flowering in the following season

  • Plants are generally pest and disease free

  • Propagation from seed is difficult, but plants may be readily propagated from semi-mature cuttings of new seasons growth which also ensures plants are true-to-form

  • Correa reflexa has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit

  • Cultivars:

    • C. reflexa 'Briagalong'

    • C. reflexa 'Brisbane Range'

    • C. reflexa 'Carpenter Rocks'

    • C. reflexa 'Clearview Fairy'

    • C. reflexa 'Clearview Large Red'

    • C. reflexa 'Crystalline'

    • C. reflexa 'Dawn Glow'

    • C. reflexa 'Desert Glow'

    • C. reflexa x C. pulchella 'Dusky Bells',

    • C. reflexa 'Dutchembegarra'

    • C. reflexa 'Fat Fred'

    • C. reflexa 'Icicle'

    • C. reflexa 'Kangaroo Island'

    • C. reflexa 'Lemon and Lime'

    • C. reflexa 'Maroondah Tricolor'

    • C. reflexa 'Mary's Choice'

    • C. reflexa 'Maryborough'

    • C. reflexa 'Mountain Giant'

    • C. reflexa 'Clearview Giant'

    • C. reflexa 'Mt Richmond Red'

    • C. reflexa 'Narrow Neil'

    • C. reflexa 'Old Gold'

    • C. reflexa 'Portland Dawn Glow'

    • C. reflexa 'Portland Peach'

    • C. reflexa 'Portland'

    • C. reflexa 'S.E. Gippsland'

    • C. reflexa 'Squat Queen'

    • C. reflexa 'Squat'

    • C. reflexa 'Wildfire'

    • C. reflexa 'Wilson's Promontory Lime and Gold'

    • C. reflexa 'Lemon and Lime'

    • C. reflexa 'Yanakie'

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correa_reflexa (2023)