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Hovea parvicalyx is a hairy shrub in the pea family, native to Queensland, Australia, growing in sandy and gravelly soils in open forest and woodland. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, so care notes below are general guidance for a sun-loving, well-drained native shrub.
Hovea parvicalyx is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is a shrub covered with white to grey, coiled hairs, very narrowly elliptic to narrowly elliptic or strap-shaped leaves, mauve flowers and a sessile, densely hairy pod.
This species of pea grows in sand, on sandstone outcrops or in gravelly soils, in forest and woodland in far northern and eastern Queensland from near the Starcke National Park to the Roma district.
Hovea acanthoclada · Pointed Leaved Hovea · Hovea angustissima · Hovea apiculata · Hovea arnhemica · Mountain Hovea · Holly Leaved Hovea · Hovea clavata · Hovea corrickiae · Hovea cymbiformis · Hovea densivellosa · Tree Hovea
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hovea parvicalyx 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.
