Correa baeuerlenii

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Chef's-hat Correa

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Correa
Species: C.baeuerlenii
Binomial name
Correa baeuerlenii
F.Muell.

Correa baeuerlenii is a shrub which is endemic to New South Wales in Australia. It is commonly known as Chef's-hat Correa due to the shape of its greenish-yellow flowers. It grows to between 1 and 2.5 metres in height, and has ovate to elliptic leaves which have a shiny, green upper surface.

The species was first formally described by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1884.

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