Correa reflexa var. speciosa
Correa reflexa var. speciosa, also known as eastern correa, is a variety of Correa reflexa, a shrub native to Australia.
Description
It grows up to tall. Its leaves are up to long and wide and are dark green on the upper surface, while the lower surface is covered with hairs and pale grey.The pendent, tubular flowers are red with pale yellow tips.
Taxonomy
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 1998Hybrids with Correa aemula and Correa reflexa var. scabridula have been recorded where populations intersect.