Citation: F. Muell., J. Trans. Vict. Inst. 1:30 (1855).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Spreading correa.

Description:
Procumbent or low erect shrub, 0.2-1 x 1-3 m, with a ferruginous tomentum on young branches; petiole 3-5 mm long; lamina narrowly elliptic-oblong, 2-5 x 0.5-1 cm, dark-green, glabrous adaxially, ferruginous-tomentose on the lower surface.

Flowers 1 (rarely to 3), more or less erect on short axillary branchlets; peduncles 4-10 mm long; calyx shallowly to deeply cup-shaped with 4 linear lobes 3-6 mm long and 4 lanceolate intermediate lobes 0.2-2 mm long; corolla cylindrical to fusiform; petals 1.5-3 cm long, pink-red with yellow-green tips; anthers yellow-brown, prominent in 2 whorls exserted about half and two-thirds of the corolla length; ovary tomentose, white or rufous.

fruit 5-10 mm high; seeds c. 4 x 2 mm, dull-brown or black; corolla deciduous in fruit.

	Correa decumbens including a fruit.
Image source: fig 414d in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Beek & Foster (1972) Wild flowers of South Australia.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SL, KI. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Nov. — Feb., April — Aug.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: Hybridisation is extensive and complex on western Kangaroo Island and involves C. aemula, C. pulchella and "C. reflexa". A distinct taxon. Material from the Grampians Ranges, Vic. is not referrable to C. decumbens as has previously been done but is a form of C. reflexa.

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