Correa pulchella is a small shrub which is endemic to South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

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It grows to between 0.3 and 1 metre in height and 1 to 2 metres in width. The leaves are linear-oblong to broadly ovate. The pendent, tubular flowers appear between April and September in the species native range.These are pink-red, orange, or rarely white and have yellow anthers.

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described in 1827 in Flora Australasica with reference to plants grown by J. Mackay

John Bain Mackay

John Bain Mackay was a nurseryman based in Clapton, London noted for his introductions of Australian and South American plants into cultivation....

 at his Clapton Nursery

Clapton Nursery

The Clapton Nursery also known as Mackay's Clapton Nursery and later Low's Clapton Nursery was a plant nursery established in the early 19th century by John Bain Mackay in Upper Clapton, London, and noted for its introductions of Australian and South American plants into cultivation.The nursery...

 in England. The plants had been raised from seed collected from Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island after Tasmania and Melville Island. It is southwest of Adelaide at the entrance of Gulf St Vincent. Its closest point to the mainland is off Cape Jervis, on the tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula in the state of South Australia. The island is long...

 by William Baxter

William Baxter (botanist)

William Baxter was an English gardener who collected in Australia on behalf of English nurserymen and private individuals. He had developed his horticultural reputation as gardener to the Comtesse de Vandes in Bayswater, London, many of the plants he had nurtured being used for illustrations in...

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Cultivation

Correa pulchella is regarded as one of the most attractive Correa species.
It prefers dry summers with low humidity and well-drained alkaline soils. Propagation from seed is difficult, howewer semi-mature stem cuttings strike readily.

Cultivars include:

• 'Little Cate', a seedling selection of garden origin with prominently displayed bright pink flowers. It is thought to be a hybrid between two different forms.
• 'Pink Mist', a pale-pink flowering form selected from a wild population on the southern Yorke Peninsula
  Yorke Peninsula
  The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located north-west and west of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. It has geographic coordinates of...
  
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