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Hovea planifolia is a shrub in the pea family, endemic to south-eastern Queensland, growing up to about 2.5 m with narrow leaves and purplish pea flowers. It is a native Australian plant grown mainly in its natural habitat or specialist native gardens, and it needs sandy, well-drained soil.
Hovea planifolia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is a shrub with very narrowly elliptic, lance-shaped or strap-like leaves, purplish flowers and oval or egg-shaped pods.
This hovea grows in sandy soils or on sandstone outcrops in forest, woodland and heath in south-eastern Queensland between Salvatora Rosa National Park and Mount Bangalora near the border with New South Wales.
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 planifolia 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.
