The corolla is cylindrical, greenish yellow to red with a scaly to velvety surface, 12–50 mm (0.47–1.97 in) long with four short lobes on the end.

[5][6] The specific epithet honours Tasmanian botanist Robert William Lawrence (1807-1833) who, together with Ronald Gunn, collected the plant material sent to Hooker.

[9] The species is found in rainforest and sclerophyll forest in Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Queensland.

Variety cordifolia grows in forest on the coast and tablelands of southern New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and far north-eastern Victoria.

macrocalyx is found in mountainous areas between the Taree and the Illawarra regions in New South Wales and var.

[25] Correa lawrenceana is suited to a cool, moist, partly shaded position and is known to tolerate frost and snow.