Templetonia stenophylla
| Leafy templetonia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Templetonia |
| Species: | T. stenophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Templetonia stenophylla | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Templetonia stenophylla, commonly known as leafy templetonia,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a small straggling shrub with yellow flowers with plum-red centre markings.
Description
Templetonia stenophylla is a small, straggling shrub to 30 cm (12 in) high. It has narrow-oblong to elliptic leaves, 1–7 cm (0.39–2.76 in) long with a small recurved tip. One or two flowers are borne in leaf axils, 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in) long, pale yellow petals with plum-red centre markings, pedicels 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) long. Flowering occurs in spring and the fruit is an oblong pod 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) long.
Naming and taxonomy
This species was first formally described in March 1858 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Bossiaea stenophylla in his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from a specimen collected by M. Weidenbach[3] of specimens collected near Milton near Port Phillip.[4][5] In 1924, J.M.Black changed the name to Templetonia stenophylla in the Flora of South Australia.[6]
Distribution and habitat
Templetonia stenophylla has a wide distribution, mostly in dry sclerophyll forest. In New South Wales it often grows on river banks.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Templetonia stenophylla". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- 1 2 James, T.A. "Templetonia stenophylla". PlantNET-NSW Flora online. Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ "Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators (W)". Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ↑ "Bossiaea stenophylla". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ↑ Mueller, Ferdinand von (1858). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ↑ "Templetonia stenophylla". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 15 April 2026.