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''Sophora microphylla'' (common name kōwhai) is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to New Zealand. Growing to tall and broad, it is an evergreen shrub or small tree. Each leaf is long with up to 40 pairs of shiny oval leaflets. In early spring it produces many racemes of pea-like yellow flowers. Other common names include weeping kōwhai and small-leaved kōwhai. It is also referred to as South Island Kowhai although this name is misleading since it is widely distributed all over New Zealand including the North Island, though less common in Northland. The specific epithet ''microphylla'' means "small-leaved". ''S. microphylla'' has smaller leaves (around 3–6 mm long by 2–5 mm wide) and flowers (1.8-5.0 cm long),〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network )〕 than the other well known species large-leaved kōwhai. When young ''S. microphylla'' has a divaricating and bushy growth habit with many interlacing branches, which begins to disappear as the tree ages.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-plants/kowhai/facts/ )〕 The cultivar ' 'Hilsop' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=4150 )〕 == See also == * kōwhai 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sophora microphylla」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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