Hovea impressinerva

Hovea impressinerva is a shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of up to 4 m (13 ft), many parts densely covered with curled, golden brown hairs. The leaves are strap-shaped to very narrowly elliptic, 30–80 mm (1.2–3.1 in) long, 5–16 mm (0.20–0.63 in) wide on a petiole up to 5.5 mm (0.22 in) long with egg-shaped stipules about 1 mm (0.039 in) long at the base. The upper surface of the leaves is more or less glabrous and glossy green, the lower surface covered with curled, golden hairs on the veins. The flowers are arranged in groups of three on a peduncle 1.5–4.5 mm (0.059–0.177 in) long with oblong to egg-shaped bracts 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long and oblong to narrowly egg-shaped bracteoles 1.2–2.2 mm (0.047–0.087 in) long at the base. The sepals are 4.5–5.0 mm (0.18–0.20 in) long forming a tube 2.5–2.8 mm (0.098–0.110 in) long. The standard petal is mauve with a greenish yellow centre, and 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in) long, 11–12 mm (0.43–0.47 in) wide. The wings are 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long and 2.5–4.0 mm (0.098–0.157 in) wide, and the keel 5.5–5.0 mm (0.22–0.20 in) long and 2.0–2.7 mm (0.079–0.106 in) wide. Flowering occurs in July and August, and the fruit is a round or broadly elliptic pod 10–17 mm (0.39–0.67 in) long, 9–12 mm (0.35–0.47 in) deep and sessile and covered with brown, crumpled hairs. The seeds are elliptic with a narrowly oblong aril extending for about 90% of the length of the seed.^[2]