Correa
Whole
Correa
Bud Nearly Open
| Correa Whole | | Correa Bud Nearly Open | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | |||
| Order: | Soapberries (Sapindales) | ||||
| Family: | Citrus (Rutaceae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Correa (Correa reflexa) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Leaf🔎 | ||||
| Other name: | Common Correa | ||||
Thank you Alan Dandie (Alan_Dandie) for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Coastal Areas and possibly elsewhere We suspect it's Correa reflexa var scabridula (based on location). Plus it's the only one found in the Murraylands. Alan kindly said "I can confirm it's C. reflexa, Brett, but I'm not sure whether the variety is reflexa or scabridula. From Paul G. Wilson's paper 'Notes on Correa' in Nuytsia Vol. 12 No. 1 in which he publishes C. reflexa var. scabridula as a new taxon, the features that distinguish it from C. reflexa var. reflexa are that the flowers are 'not clasped between two reflexed foliaceous bracts' and are 'trumpet shaped'. The flowers of var. reflexa are 'drooping and clasped between two reflexed foliaceous bracts'. It's not clear from your photos whether the flowers are clasped by bracts, but photo 2 looks as though they are.". So we've lifted this to species level and will attempt better bract shots next time we find one in flower. | |||||
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