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.

Originally classified as a species in 1942 and then merged with Sophora microphylla it was reclassified as its own species again in 2001.

[2] As its common name suggests it grows in limestone areas.

This species does not have a divaricating juvenile phase.

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