Correa pulchella J.B.Mackay ex Sweet

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Correa

Characteristics

Procumbent to erect shrub to 1 m high. Branchlets smooth. Leaves ±glabrous; petiole 3–5 mm long; lamina narrowly oblong to broadly ovate or trullate, 1–2 cm long, coriaceous, smooth, pitted adaxially when dry. Flowers solitary, pendulous, on short axillary branchlets; pedicel slender, 5–10 mm long, glabrous; bracteoles just above terminal leaves, linear-elliptic,  1–2 mm long, caducous. Calyx broadly semiorbicular, 3–6 mm high, entire, truncate, green, ±glabrous. Corolla cylindrical or funnel-shaped, 1–3 cm long with erect or spreading lobes, pink to red or orange, falling in fruit. Stamens enclosed or just exserted; filaments distinctly broadened at base; anthers c. 2 mm long, not recurved after dehiscence.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Mostly coastal and growing usually in calcareous soils. 
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 22
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Correa pulchella unspecified picture

Distribution

Correa pulchella world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:772260-1
WFO ID wfo-0000621805
COL ID YHHJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Correa neglecta Correa pulchella var. alba-superba Correa pulchella var. alexandriana Correa pulchella var. ochroleuca Correa pulchella var. triumphus-milneri Correa reflexa var. pulchella Correa rubra var. pulchella Correa pulchella Correa minor