Correa lawrenceana var. grampiana explained

Correa lawrenceana var. grampiana, commonly known as Grampians mountain-correa,^[1] is a variety of Correa lawrenceana that is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It is a shrub with elliptical leaves and cylindrical, velvety flowers covered with matted, woolly cream-coloured to yellowish brown hairs.

Description

Correa lawrenceana var. grampiana is a shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, leathery, elliptical, mostly long, wide and covered with velvety, fawn-coloured hairs on the lower side. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils on a down-turned pedicel long. The calyx is cup-shaped, long, covered with woolly, rust-coloured hairs and with a wavy rim. The corolla is cylindrical, long and velvety, covered with a thick layer of cream-coloured to yellowish brown hairs.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Taxonomy

The variety was first formally described by Paul Wilson in the journal Nuytsia in 1998, from specimens collected by David Albrecht on Mount William in 1986.^{[6] [7]}

Distribution and habitat

This correa grows among rocks in mountains in the Grampians and on nearby Mount Langi Ghiran.^[8]

Conservation status

The Grampians Correa is listed as "Rare in Victoria" on the Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Advisory list of rare or threatened plants in Victoria - 2014 . The State of Victoria Department of Environment and Primary Industries . 12 July 2020.
2. Web site: Wilson . Paul G. . Wilson . Annette J.G. (ed.) . Bolton . P.E. (ed.) . Correa lawrenceana var. grampiana. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 12 July 2020.
3. Web site: Duretto . Marco F. . Correa lawrenceana var. grampiana . Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria . 12 July 2020.
4. Wilson . Paul Graham . A taxonomic revision of the Genus Correa. . Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia . 1961 . 85 . 98 . 12 July 2020.
5. Book: Wild Plants of Victoria (database) . 2009. Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment.
6. Web site: Correa lawrenceana var. grampiana. APNI. 12 July 2020.
7. Web site: Albrecht, David Edward (1962 -) . Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria Australian National Herbarium . 12 July 2020.
8. Book: Corrick, M.G. . Fuhrer, B.A.. Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas. Bloomings Books. Australia . 2001 . 978-1-876473-14-3.