Spreading correa facts for kids
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The Spreading Correa (Correa decumbens) is a special type of shrub. It grows low to the ground or spreads out, and it's only found in South Australia. This plant has long, narrow leaves and pretty pink or red flowers shaped like tubes, with green tips.
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What the Spreading Correa Looks Like
The Spreading Correa is a shrub that can grow up to 1 meter tall. Its small branches are covered with reddish-brown hairs.
Leaves of the Plant
The leaves are long and narrow, usually about 20 to 50 millimeters long. They are about 5 to 10 millimeters wide. Each leaf sits on a small stem called a petiole, which is about 3 to 5 millimeters long. The top of the leaves feels smooth. The bottom of the leaves has soft, woolly, rust-colored hairs.
Flowers of the Plant
The flowers usually grow one by one at the end of short side branches. They have small stems called pedicels, which are 5 to 10 millimeters long. At the base of these stems, there are small, thin leaves called bracts.
The flower has a cup-shaped part called a calyx, which is 2 to 4 millimeters long and hairy. It has eight thin parts that are 3 to 7 millimeters long. The main part of the flower, called the corolla, looks like a narrow tube. It is pink or red and has four green tips. This tube is 18 to 27 millimeters long.
Inside the flower, there are eight stamens, which are the parts that hold pollen. These stamens stick out far beyond the end of the flower tube.
When it Flowers
The Spreading Correa usually flowers between November and February. It can also flower from April to August in its natural home.
How it Got its Name
The Spreading Correa was first officially described in 1855. A botanist named Ferdinand von Mueller gave it its scientific name. He wrote about it in a science book called Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science. He found these plants growing near Mount Lofty and along the Onkaparinga River in South Australia.
Where the Spreading Correa Grows
The Spreading Correa lives in the southern Mount Lofty Ranges. Here, it grows in forests where stringybark trees are common. It also grows on Kangaroo Island. On Kangaroo Island, it lives in forests mainly made up of sugar gum trees (Eucalyptus cladocalyx).
See also
In Spanish: Correa decumbens para niños
