Hovea apiculata

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Hovea apiculata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Hovea
Species:
H. apiculata
Binomial name
Hovea apiculata

Hovea apiculata, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with white to greyish or light brown hairs, narrowly oblong leaves with stipules at the base, and purplish and deep mauve, pea-like flowers.

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Description

Hovea apiculata is a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 3 m (9.8 ft), its foliage covered with white to grey, sometimes brown hairs. The leaves are narrowly oblong to lorate, 30–90 mm (1.2–3.5 in) long, 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) wide on a petiole 4–9 mm (0.16–0.35 in) long with narrowly egg-shaped stipules 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long at the base. The flowers are usually arranged in racemes of four to twelve on a rachis up to 30 mm (1.2 in) long with bracts 0.8–2.8 mm (0.031–0.110 in) long at the base, and slightly shorter bracteoles. The sepals are 3.5–5.5 mm (0.14–0.22 in) long, joined at the base forming a tube 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long. The standard petal is pinkish-mauve and deep mauve with a greenish yellow centre and 7–11 mm (0.28–0.43 in) long, 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) wide. The wings are 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long and the keel 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long. Flowering occurs from July to September and the fruit is a pod 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) long. [2]

Taxonomy and naming

Hovea apiculata was first formally described in 1832 by George Don in his book, A General History of Dichlamydeous, from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham. [3] [4] The specific epithet (apiculata) means "apiculate". [5]

Distribution and habitat

This species of pea grows in forest and woodland on sandy soils in south-eastern Queensland including in the Expedition National Park, and west of the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales as far south as Dubbo. [2]

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References

  1. "Hovea apiculata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Hovea apiculata". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  3. "Hovea apiculata". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  4. Don, George (1832). A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants. Vol. 2. London. p. 126. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 135. ISBN   9780958034180.