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Templetonia retusa

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Templetonia retusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Templetonia
Species:
T. retusa
Binomial name
Templetonia retusa
Synonyms [1]
  • Rafnia retusa Vent.
  • Templetonia glauca Sims

Templetonia retusa, known as cockies tongues,[2] cocky's tongues,[3] or coral bush[4] is a shrub in the family Fabaceae (Leguminosae) that grows in southern and south-western Australia. It grows up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high, with leaves 15–40 millimetres (0.6–1.6 in) long and 7–25 mm (0.3–1.0 in) wide.[3] Its flowers are normally a rich red colour, and are 25–40 mm (1.0–1.6 in) long. The seed pods are 40–50 mm (1.6–2.0 in) long and around 10 mm (0.4 in) wide.[3] It is found in coastal woodland and heaths over limestone from Shark Bay, Western Australia, to near Kangaroo Island, as well as inland in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Usage of a name: Templetonia retusa (Vent.) R.Br". Australian Plant Name Index. Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Templetonia retusa (Vent.) R.Br. Cockies Tongues". FloraBase: the Western Australian flora. Western Australian Herbarium, Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Templetonia retusa". Australian Native Plants Society (Australia). January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  4. ^ Brickell, Christopher (15 August 2011). American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers. Penguin. ISBN 9780756675080.