Correa 'Dusky Bells'

A cultivar, popular in horticulture and believed to be a  hybrid between Correa reflexa and the South Australian species C. pulchella Sweet. A localised population was noted in growing along the Orbost-Marlo Road in 2002. Its leaves are ovate, c. 15 mm long and glabrescent on both surfaces. The calyx is not hooded by paired bracteoles (as they are in C. reflexa) and the pedicels and calyx are glabrous or almost so. The corolla is tubular, c. 2 to 2.5 cm long, bright to dusky pink and stellate-tomentose externally. Stamen filaments are dilated near the base. Flowers Jan., Feb., Jun. (3 records)