Correa glabra is a tall shrub which is endemic to Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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It grows up to 2.7 metres in height. The elliptic leaves are 1 to 4 cm long and 5 to 17 mm wide. Flowers are mainly produced in April and May in the species native range, but may also appear sporadically throughout the year

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described in 1838 by botanist John Lindley

John Lindley

John Lindley FRS was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.-Early years:Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley was a nurseryman and pomologist and ran a commercial nursery garden...

 in Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia .

There are three recognised subspecies as follows:

• Correa glabra Lindl. var. glabra
• Correa glabra var. leucoclada (Lindl.) Paul G.Wilson
• Correa glabra var. turnbullii (Ashby) Paul G.Wilson (syn. Correa schlechtendalii Behr)

Cultivation

Correa glabra may be used as a low screening shrub or as a container plant, and will attract birds to a garden. It will grow in a variety of soil types in sunny or partially shaded situations and withstands frost. It can be maintained to a compact shape by pinching back new growth.

A number of cultivars have been recorded by the Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

The Australian Cultivar Registration Authority is the International Cultivar Registration Authority for Australian plant genera, excluding those genera or groups for which other ICRAs have been appointed...

 including:

• Corea glabra var glabra 'Coliban River' - a compact, dense form selected from a wild population near the Coliban River
  Coliban River
  The Coliban River is a river in central Victoria, in Australia. It is a major water supply source for towns and cities in the region.-Course:...
  
   in Kyneton, Victoria
  Kyneton, Victoria
  Kyneton is a town on the Calder Highway in the Macedon Ranges of Victoria, Australia. The Calder Freeway bypasses Kyneton to the north and east. The town was named after the English village of Kineton, Warwickshire. The town has three main streets: Mollison Street, Piper Street and High Street...
  
  . It grows to 1.2 metres in height and width.
• Correa glabra 'Gold Leaf'
• Correa glabra var. glabra 'Inglewood Gold' - a form with gold flowers selected a from a wild population near Inglewood, Victoria
  Inglewood, Victoria
  Inglewood is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Calder Highway, in the Shire of Loddon. At the 2006 census, Inglewood had a population of 834...
  
  around 1980.
• Correa glabra 'Studley Park'