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Hovea speciosa

Hovea speciosa
Photo: M. Fagg, CC BY-SA 3.0

Hovea speciosa is a shrub to about 3 m from eastern New South Wales, Australia, grown for its purple pea flowers. It is grown in gardens in mild climates and needs well-drained, sandy soil and good light.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or sandstone-derived soil, acidic to neutral.
Temperature
Mild conditions; tolerates cool temperatures but frost-sensitive when young
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Hovea speciosa is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, endemic to eastern Australia. It has purple pea flowers, linear leaves with long, rusty hairs on the lower surface. It is endemic to New South Wales.

Where it grows

This hovea grows usually on sandstone in forests from Cowan, south to Nerriga, and the Blue Mountains.

Other Hovea plants

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 speciosa 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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