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Hovea angustissima

Hovea angustissima is a small shrub from south-eastern Queensland, growing up to about 2 m, with narrow leaves and violet-purple pea flowers in July to August. It is a native Australian plant grown mainly in sandy, well-drained soil in full sun.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established and let the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Sandy, free-draining, acidic soil.
Temperature
Tolerates mild subtropical conditions; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland
Climate
subtropical

About

Hovea angustissima, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a shrub with narrowly linear leaves, groups of two or three violet-purple flowers and hairy pods. It grows in south-eastern Queensland, Australia.

Where it grows

This species grows in sandy soils in forest and woodland in south-eastern Queensland between Salvator Rosa National Park and Inglewood.

Other Hovea plants

Hovea acanthoclada · Pointed Leaved Hovea · Hovea apiculata · Hovea arnhemica · Mountain Hovea · Holly Leaved Hovea · Hovea clavata · Hovea corrickiae · Hovea cymbiformis · Hovea densivellosa · Tree Hovea · Hovea graniticola

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hovea angustissima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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