''Templetonia retusa'', known as cockies tongues, cocky's tongues,
or coral bush
is a shrub in the family
(Leguminosae) that grows in southern and south-western Australia. It grows up to high, with leaves long and wide.
Its flowers are normally a rich red colour, and are long. The seed pods are long and around wide.
It is found in coastal woodland and heaths over
limestone
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from
Shark Bay
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, Western Australia, to near
Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island, also known as Karta Pintingga (literally 'Island of the Dead' in the language of the Kaurna people), is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island. It lies in the state of South Australia, southwest ...
, as well as inland in the
Flinders Ranges
The Flinders Ranges are the largest mountain range in South Australia, which starts about north of Adelaide. The ranges stretch for over from Port Pirie to Lake Callabonna.
The Adnyamathanha people are the Aboriginal group who have inhabi ...
of
South Australia
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.
References
Brongniartieae
Fabales of Australia
Plants described in 1803
Flora of South Australia
Flora of Western Australia
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