Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHAROPHYTA
Class
EQUISETOPSIDA
Family
BIGNONIACEAE
Genus
Tecoma
Species
stans var. stans
Has fauna
False
Mapping

Common Name
Tecoma
Alternate name
Yellow Bells
Is historical
False
QLD
Naturalised
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
True
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Known location
Common near urban areas, particularly sandy coastal lowlands
Other locality
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
False
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Specific ecology
Habitat
Habitat comment
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Mainly spread by wind.
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Shrub
Description
Shrub or tree to 7 metres high. Leaves compound with up to 13 leaflets. Leaflets to 10 centimetres long, pointed with toothed edges. Flowers showy, yellow with reddish lines in throat, in spring/ summer. Fruit a long narrow capsule to 22cm, split when mature to release seeds. Seeds winged, about 1.5cm long, numerous.
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
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