About Correa aemula (Lindl.) F.Muell.
Correa aemula is an erect to spreading shrub that typically grows up to 2.5 metres (8 feet 2 inches) tall, and has branches covered in woolly hairs. Its leaves are papery, broadly heart-shaped, 10–60 mm (0.39–2.36 in) long and 5–35 mm (0.20–1.38 in) wide, borne on a 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) petiole, and covered in star-shaped hairs. Flowers are arranged singly, or sometimes in pairs, in leaf axils or on the ends of short shoots; each flower grows from a hanging (pendent) pedicel 5–30 mm (0.20–1.18 in) long. The calyx is cup-shaped, with four lance-shaped lobes 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) long. The petals are fused together for most of their length, forming a cylindrical corolla 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 in) long; the corolla is green or greyish green, fading to mauve-purple. Eight stamens extend slightly past the end of the fused petal tube. This species flowers during spring and summer. It grows on sandy or rocky soils in open forests and heathy woodlands. In South Australia, it is found in the Mount Lofty Ranges and on Kangaroo Island; in Victoria, it occurs in the Grampians. Hybrids between this species and Correa decumbens, as well as between this species and Correa reflexa, have been recorded.
