Correa alba is a shrub native to Australia that grows up to 1.5 meters tall. It has reddish-brown hairy new growth and nearly circular leaves that are 1.5-3.5 cm long and 1-2.7 cm wide. Between April and June, it produces white or occasionally light pink four-petaled flowers. There are two recognized varieties, the typical Correa alba var. alba and Correa alba var. pannosa, which has a velvety texture and occurs near the southwest coast of Victoria and South Australia.
Correa alba is a shrub native to Australia that grows up to 1.5 meters tall. It has reddish-brown hairy new growth and nearly circular leaves that are 1.5-3.5 cm long and 1-2.7 cm wide. Between April and June, it produces white or occasionally light pink four-petaled flowers. There are two recognized varieties, the typical Correa alba var. alba and Correa alba var. pannosa, which has a velvety texture and occurs near the southwest coast of Victoria and South Australia.
Correa alba is a shrub native to Australia that grows up to 1.5 meters tall. It has reddish-brown hairy new growth and nearly circular leaves that are 1.5-3.5 cm long and 1-2.7 cm wide. Between April and June, it produces white or occasionally light pink four-petaled flowers. There are two recognized varieties, the typical Correa alba var. alba and Correa alba var. pannosa, which has a velvety texture and occurs near the southwest coast of Victoria and South Australia.
Correa alba, commonly known as white correa, is a shrub endemic to Australia. It grows to 1.
5 metres in height, has reddish-brown hairy new growth. The leaves
are near circular to ovate and have a round or cuneate base and a rounded tip. They are 1.5 to 3.5 cm long 1 to 2.7 cm wide with a hairless or (nearly hairless) upper surface and tomentose lower surface. The white or occasionally light pink four-petalled flowers usually appear between mid autumn and early winter (April to June in Australia).[1] The species was first formally described by Henry Charles Andrews in 1798.[2] There are currently two recognised varieties:
Correa alba Andrews var. alba
Correa alba var. pannosa Paul G.Wilson - Velvet White Correa.[3] Occurs on the south-west coast of Victoria and in the region near Encounter Bay in South Australia.[4]