Hovea speciosa

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

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.

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Description

Hovea speciosa is a shrub to 3 m (9.8 ft) high and stems with brownish to grey, short, densely matted, curled or more or less straight, flattened to nearly spreading hairs. The leaves are variable, they may be strap-like, narrow-elliptic or club-shaped, 2.5–6 cm (0.98–2.36 in) long and 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) wide, midrib slightly recessed, the base rounded or almost pointed, margins rolled or curved under, apex almost pointed, notched or rounded. The upper surface a dull green, smooth except for a few hairs on the midrib, lower surface densely covered in cream, gold or brownish, short or spreading hairs. The inflorescence is a cluster of up to 3 flowers, sessile or nearly so, calyx 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long, bracteoles lance-shaped. The standard petal is 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long and 9–12 mm (0.35–0.47 in) wide with a white, centre flare.wings are 6.5–7 mm (0.26–0.28 in) long and 2.5–4 mm (0.098–0.157 in) wide, and the keel 5.5–5.7 mm (0.22–0.22 in) long and 2.2–2.5 mm (0.087–0.098 in) wide. Flowering occurs from August to September and the fruit is a broadly elliptic-shaped pod, 12–14 mm (0.47–0.55 in) long and 9–11 mm (0.35–0.43 in) deep, sessile, outer surface densely covered with long, gold-brownish, slightly flattened hairs. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Hovea speciosa was first formally described in 2001 by I.R. Thompson and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany . [4] The specific epithet (speciosa) means "showy". [5]

Distribution and habitat

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

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References

  1. "Hovea speciosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. Murray, Louisa. "Hovea speciosa". PlantNET-NSW flora online. Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. Fairley, Alan; Moore, Philip (2010). Native Plants of the Sydney Region. Crows Nest: Jacana Books. p. 185. ISBN   9781741755718.
  4. "Hovea speciosa". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 310. ISBN   9780958034180.