This shrub has a short grey-brown trunk with spreading branches that form a rounded to prostrate habit. It has thick blue-green rounded leaves and the red pea-shaped flowers appear in clusters towards the end of the branches from winter to early spring. 

Hardiness zones 9 to 10 

Templetonia retusa is naturally found from Western Australia to South Australia growing in mallee scrub in coastal and inland regions. It prefers a well drained moderately fertile to poor sandy-stony soil in a open sunny position and is frost tender, drought tolerant.

Cockies' Tongue is grown for its flowers and is planted in small or arid gardens as a specimen or in shrub borders and rockeries. It is also used in patio pots and suitable for coastal or inland regions establishing in 1 to 2 years. ID 2484

Templetonia (temp-lee-TON-ee-ah) retusa (ree-TOO-sa)  

Fabaceae (fab-AY-see-ee)