Correa eburnea

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms  > Eudicots > Rosids >  Sapindales > Rutaceae  > Correa 

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Plant  information

Common name:                Deep Creek correa  

Conservation status:  Endangered

• This correa is listed as a "endangered" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the South Australian Government National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972

• The main threats to the species are vegetation clearing and grazing by cattle

Etymology:   

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Flowers:                  

• The flowers are arranged singly or in groups of up to five in leaf axils

• Each flower nodding on a pedicel about 2 mm long 

• Two round to heart-shaped bracts 10–25 mm long at the base of the flowers

• The calyx is cup-shaped, 4–7 mm long including the four triangular teeth about 1.5 mm long

• The corolla is green, 18–25 mm long and covered with green hairs

• The stamens protrude from the end of the corolla

Fruit:                         

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Leaves:         

• The leaves are papery, egg-shaped to elliptical

• Mostly 30–50 mm long on a short petiole

• Covered with minute white hairs on the lower surface

Stem & branches: 

• Branchlets covered with rust-coloured hairs

Roots:         

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Habit:        

• A shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–4 mm 

Habitat:   

• Banks of damp creeks and on cliff tops near the mouths of major creeks 

Distribution:                  

• Endemic to the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia

• Occurs near Encounter Bay on the southern Fleurieu Peninsula

• Most individuals are in the Deep Creek Conservation Park 

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • Correa eburnea was first formally described by Paul G. Wilson in 1998 in the botanic journal Nuytsia from plant material collected in 1991 from Deep Creek Conservation Park on the Fleurieu Peninsula by Robert John Bates