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Hovea chorizemifolia
A small, upright, prickly shrub from south-west Western Australia, grown for its blue-purple pea flowers in late winter and spring. It needs sun, excellent drainage and a dry, sandy or gritty soil.
Hovea chorizemifolia, commonly known as the holly-leaved hovea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small, upright shrub with prickly, green leaves and blue-purple pea flowers.
It occurs on hills, breakaways and granite outcrops in the South West, Peel and Great Southern regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy and gravelly lateritic soils and often as part of jarrah forest communities.
Hovea acanthoclada · Pointed Leaved Hovea · Hovea angustissima · Hovea apiculata · Hovea arnhemica · Mountain Hovea · Hovea clavata · Hovea corrickiae · Hovea cymbiformis · Hovea densivellosa · Tree Hovea · Hovea graniticola
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hovea chorizemifolia 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.
