Sophora longicarinata

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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| image = Sophora-longicarinata.jpg

| image_caption = Limestone kōwhai foliage

| genus = Sophora

| species = longicarinata

| authority = G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson

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Sophora longicarinata is commonly known as kōwhai or limestone kōwhai that grows naturally in a limited range around northern Nelson and also western Marlborough in New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.asp?ID=686|title=Sophora longicarinata|publisher=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network}} This species has quite small leaves compared to other similar species. Originally classified as a species in 1942 and then merged with Sophora microphylla it was reclassified as its own species again in 2001.{{cite web|last=Hughes|first=Denis|title=Pg 203|url=http://www.ipps.org/Papers/NewZealand/hughes.pdf|work=Sophora — The Kowhais of New Zealand©|publisher=IPPS—International Plant Propagator’s Society}}

As its common name suggests it grows in limestone areas. This species does not have a divaricating juvenile phase.{{cite web|title=Sophora longicarinata|url=http://www.southernwoods.co.nz/cart/results_common.asp?lmcommon=Kowhai|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223061639/http://www.southernwoods.co.nz/cart/results_common.asp?lmcommon=Kowhai|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 23, 2013|publisher=Southern Woods Nursery Ltd}}

File:Sophora longicarinata flowers.jpg