Corokia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Corokia virgata.jpg

| image_caption = Corokia virgata

| taxon = Corokia

| authority = A.Cunn.

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

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Corokia is a genus in the Argophyllaceae family.{{Cite web|date=2012|title=Corokia A.Cunn.|url=http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/f463574c-5b75-466f-9d75-8b6c1539ee78|url-status=live|access-date=18 May 2021|website=New Zealand Organisms Register|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518153205/http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/f463574c-5b75-466f-9d75-8b6c1539ee78 |archive-date=2017-05-18 }} The genus was first described in 1839.{{Cite journal|last=Cunningham|first=A.|date=1839|title=Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor; or a specimen of the botany of the islands of New Zealand|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3388166|journal=Annals of Natural History|volume=3|pages=244–250|doi=10.1080/03745483909443232 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}} It comprising six species native to New Zealand, Australia and Rapa Iti.{{Cite web|date=2013|title=Corokia|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Argophyllaceae/Corokia/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-18|website=www.theplantlist.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905103450/http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Argophyllaceae/Corokia/ |archive-date=2017-09-05 }} Corokia species are shrubs or small trees with zigzagging (divaricating) branches.{{Cite book|last=Eagle|first=Audrey Lily|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85262201|title=Eagle's complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand|publisher=Te Papa Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0-909010-08-9|location=Wellington, N.Z.|pages=516|oclc=85262201}} In fact, Corokia cotoneaster is commonly known as wire-netting bush.{{Cite web|title=Corokia cotoneaster|url=https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/corokia-cotoneaster/|access-date=2021-05-18|website=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network|language=en}} The stems of the shrubs are dark when mature, covered with downy or silky hairs (tomentum) when young. In spring, they produce clusters of small, star-shaped yellow blossoms. Berries are red or yellow. The shrubs prefer forests and rocky areas, sun or light shade, reasonably well drained soil, and moderate watering.