Hovea acanthoclada
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Hovea acanthoclada, Maranoa Gardens, Balwyn, Victoria, Australia
Photograph by Melburnian. Some rights reserved.
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THORNY HOVEA FACTS
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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.
Height
0.5m - 1.5m
Spread
1m - 2m
Habitat
Thorny Hovea is found on rocky slopes and rocky outcrops in granite or sandy clay soils.
Distribution
Western Australia
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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