About Templetonia retusa (Vent.) R.Br.
Templetonia retusa (Vent.) R.Br., commonly called cockies tongues, cocky's tongues, or coral bush, is a shrub belonging to the Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family. This species is native to southern and south-western Australia. It grows to a maximum height of 2 metres (6 ft 7 in). Its leaves measure 15–40 millimetres (0.6–1.6 in) in length and 7–25 millimetres (0.3–1.0 in) in width. Its flowers are typically a rich red color and are 25–40 millimetres (1.0–1.6 in) long. The seed pods produced by the shrub are 40–50 millimetres (1.6–2.0 in) long and approximately 10 millimetres (0.4 in) wide. Templetonia retusa grows in coastal woodland and heath vegetation growing over limestone, with a distribution that ranges from Shark Bay, Western Australia, to near Kangaroo Island, South Australia, and also extends inland into the Flinders Ranges of South Australia.
