White Correa (Correa alba)

White Correa is common right across Victoria and is seen in every state in Australia except for the Northern Territory. When dried, its leaves make a delicious tea, which is similar in taste to English breakfast tea and was popular with Victorian colonists as supplies from their home countries were often precarious. White Correa is climate tolerant, being immune to both frost and drought as well as being salt tolerant. It has a fuchsia-like white flower which can be seen in autumn and winter, attracting nectar-eating birds and insects.

Soure: Indigenous plant use; A booklet on the medicinal, nutritional and technological use of indigenous plants; By Zena Cumpston; Clean Air and Urban Landscapes (CAUL) Hub in Melbourne