Family: Rutaceae
Plant: A rounded, erect shrub up to 1.5m high with rusty-brown hairy branchlets.
Flowers: White or rarely pale pink up to 1.5cm across and with 4 spreading petals. The flowers are borne either singly or in clusters on short stems from the axils of the leaves.
Flowering: May-July.
Fruit Green segmented coccus 5-7mm long
Leaves: Ovate to circular, 1.5-3.5cm long and 1-2.5cm wide, with small hairs on their upper surface and more dense, often with fine woolly hairs on their paler underside.
Habitat: In sandy and rocky locations near the coast.
Features: White flowers with 4 petals. Fine woolly hairs on the leaves. Greyish-green leaves, lighter on the underside.
Name:
Correa After the Portuguese botanist Joseph Correa de Serra
alba From Latin = white (referring to its flowers)
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Single |
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Colour(s) |
White |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4 |
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Flowering Month |
5, 6, 7 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
Green |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Round, Oval |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Hairy, Discolorous |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Heathland, Beach strand |
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