Scientific Name: Hovea acutifolia

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  • Pronunciation:
    hoe-VEE-ah ah-cute-ee-FOAL-ee-ah
  • Common Name:
    Purple Pea Bush
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    FABACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Purple pea flowers to 7mm, borne in clusters winter, spring. White flowering form also occurs
  • Fruit:
    Green pod turning black, 15mm
  • Vegetation Type:
    Eucalypt Forest
  • Species List:
    Kin Kin Arboretum, EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Landcare Display Garden, Hedges, Bush food, NLTalks2010, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Coolum High, Boreen Point Caravan Park, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Cooroibah 26.4.09, Cooloothin Corner, Banana, Old Tewantin, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Cranks Creek, Batianoff 87, TAFE NNP Tanglewood NNP Coastal Noosa River NP Noosa North Shore PS BHNR, Stratford Park, NNS, Heritage Park, Wallace Park,
Identification Notes

Undersides of leaves are brown and hairy

Landscaping Notes

Very ornamental in flower. Bushy shrub for average soil. Prefers protection from afternoon sun. Prune to shape. Add to mixed hedge or screen for seasonal colour.