Dusky Correa
Correa pulchella
About Dusky Correa
Dusky Correa (Correa pulchella) is a herb used in the Aboriginal Australian Medicine tradition to help with Digestive Issues, Wound Healing, Fever, and Inflammation. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Correa pulchella (salmon correa, Australian fuchsia) is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. It is small evergreen shrub, endemic to South Australia. It grows to 0.3–1 m (1 ft 0 in–3 ft 3 in) in height and 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in–6 ft 7 in) 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.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist