Common name: Leafy Templetonia
Templetonia stenophylla (F.Muell.) J.M.Black APNI* 
Description: Small shrub; stems 1 to several, straggling, ≤ 50 cm long, ± terete to angular, ± ridged.
Leaves simple, narrow-elliptic to linear, 1–7 cm long, apex with a short, recurved mucro; stipules inconspicuous.
Flowers 1 or 2 in axils, 10–12 mm long; pedicels 4–8 mm long; bracteoles broad-ovate, c. 2 mm long, inserted near middle of pedicel. Calyx 4–8 mm long, 2 upper teeth ± united to form one notched lobe. Petals reddish brown and yellow; standard ± longer than keel; wings usually shorter than keel. Ovary stipitate, ≤ 8-ovuled.
Pod obliquely oblong, 15–20 mm long, ± turgid; mostly 6–8-seeded.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread, mostly in dry sclerophyll forest, often on river banks.
NSW subdivisions: NT, CT, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. S.A.
Text by T. A. James
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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