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Botany Bay Teatree

Correa alba

Also called White Correa

Botany Bay Teatree
Photo: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Native range
SE. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Correa alba, commonly known as white correa, is a species of shrub that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has egg-shaped to more or less circular leaves, erect white flowers arranged singly or in groups on short side branches, and green fruit.

Where it grows

White correa occurs in South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. In New South Wales it grows in sandy and rocky areas in near coastal areas south from Port Stephens. In Victoria it is common in coastal heath and woodland, extending to the far south east of South Australia. In Tasmania it is common on exposed rocky and sandy areas on the north and east coasts.

Other Correa plants

Hairy Correa · Tasmanian Fuchsia · Correa baeuerlenii · Hindmarsh Correa · Spreading Correa · Deep Creek Correa · Correa glabra var. turnbullii · Rock Correa · Correa lawrenceana var. cordifolia · Correa lawrenceana var. genoensis · Correa lawrenceana var. glandulifera · Correa lawrenceana var. grampiana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Correa alba by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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