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THORNY HOVEA FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License Common Name Thorny Hovea
Description The Thorny Hovea is an upright rigid prickly shrub. It produces profuse clusters of purple blue pea flowers in winter and spring. The leaves are small and elliptic, and dark green in colour. The stems are thorny. The fruit is a pod.
Habitat Thorny Hovea is found on rocky slopes and rocky outcrops in granite or sandy clay soils.
Distribution Western Australia
Growth Characteristics Height: 0.5m - 1.5m Spread: 1m - 2m
Classification
Class: | Magnoliopsida | Order: | Fabales | Family: | Fabaceae | Genus: | Hovea | Species: | acanthoclada | Common Name: | Thorny Hovea |
Relatives in same Genus Hovea linearis
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