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Hovea heterophylla
Hovea heterophylla, known as creeping hovea or common hovea, is a small Australian subshrub to about 0.5 m with purple pea-like flowers, grown mainly in native and wildflower gardens. It is a dry-tolerant plant of open woodland and needs good drainage and full sun.
Hovea heterophylla, commonly known as creeping hovea, is a small shrub with linear leaves and purple-violet pea-like flowers. It is found in all Australian states other than Western Australia.
Creeping hovea is a common and widespread species growing in grassy woodland and montane forests on coasts and ranges in New South Wales. It occurs in all states other than Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hovea heterophylla 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.
