| Correa reflexa var. speciosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Correa |
| Species: | Correa reflexa |
| Trinomial name | |
| Correa reflexa var. speciosa Paul G.Wilson[1] |
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| Synonyms | |
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Correa cardinalis F.Muell. ex Hook. |
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Correa reflexa var. speciosa is a variety of Correa reflexa, a shrub native to Australia.
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It grows up to 1.5 metres tall. Its leaves are up to 5 cm long and 30 mm wide and are dark green on the upper surface, while the lower surface is covered with hairs and pale grey.[2][3] The pendent, tubular flowers are red with pale yellow tips.[3]
The subspecies was originally formally described as a species in its own right, Correa speciosa in 1811 in The Botanist's Repository for New and Rare Plants. It was reclassified as subspecies of Correa reflexa by Paul G. Wilson in the botanical journal Nuytsia in 1998[1]
Hybrids with Correa aemula and Correa reflexa var. scabridula have been recorded where populations intersect.[3]
The subspecies occurs in New South Wales and Victoria in dry sclerophyll woodland and on coastal dunes.[2][3]