Templetonia retusa


Templetonia retusa, known as cockies tongues, cocky's tongues, or coral bush is a shrub in the family Fabaceae 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 from Shark Bay, Western Australia, to near Kangaroo Island, as well as inland in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia.