Hovea longifolia R.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Hovea

Characteristics

Shrub to 3 m tall; indumentum brown to grey, the hairs appressed to somewhat spreading. Leaves: stipules 1–1.5 mm long; petiole 2.5–4 mm long; lamina lorate to linear, 2–11 cm long, 2–9 mm wide, margin recurved to revolute, upper surface smooth, glossy, glabrous, lower surface with a dense rusty orange indumentum. Inflorescences mostly of 2 or 3 flowers, subsessile or peduncle to 3 mm long; pedicel 3.5–6 mm long, bract at or to 2 mm distal to base; bract and bracteoles narrow-ovate to narrow-oblong, 1–2 mm long. Calyx 4–5 mm long, tube 2–2.5 mm long, upper lip 2.5–3 mm wide. Standard 6.8–8.5 mm long, flare yellow; wing 2.6–3.2 mm wide. Pod sparsely hairy, glabrescent, sessile. Aril of seed 6 mm long, not expanded distally, hilum c. 5 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Environment

Grows in sandy soils along creek banks and on sandstone outcrops in forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses food
Edible fruits
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Images

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Hovea longifolia unspecified picture

Distribution

Hovea longifolia world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:498689-1
WFO ID wfo-0000185175
COL ID 6MCYK
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Phusicarpos longifolius Phusicarpos longifolia Hovea lanigera Hovea mucronata Hovea racemulosa Hovea villosa Hovea longifolia subvar. subacuta Hovea longifolia