Hovea heterophylla
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Hovea |
| Species: | H. heterophylla |
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| Hovea heterophylla | |
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Hovea heterophylla, commonly known as creeping hovea,[2] is a small shrub with linear leaves and purple-violet pea flowers. It is found in all states other than Western Australia.
Hovea heterophylla is a small subshrub to 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) high, stems upright or trailing, mostly emerging from a woody rootstock, and flattened, grey-brown straight hairs. The dark green leaves are variable in shape, lower leaves rounded to elliptic, upper leaves elliptic, linear or lance shaped, mostly −6.5 cm (−2.6 in) long and 1.5–17 mm (0.059–0.669 in) wide. The leaf margins rolled under to curved, hooked at the apex, upper surface hairless, smooth, net-like veins, under surface paler with flattened, dense hairs. The inflorescence has 1-3 pale mauve or purple flowers, standard petal striped with a yellow centre and the keel dark purple, calyx 3.5–5 mm (0.14–0.20 in) long, pedicel 1.5–3 mm (0.059–0.118 in) long. Flowering occurs from October to December and the fruit is a rounded, flattened pod, 9 mm (0.35 in) long with fine, flattened, rigid hairs.[2][3]