Hovea Strands
by Michaela Perryman
Title
Hovea Strands
Artist
Michaela Perryman
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Hovea stricta is a shrub in the family Fabaceae, native to the south-west of Western Australia.
The erect shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 1 metre (1 to 3 ft) The species has purple or blue flowers that appear between June and October in its native range.
It occurs on low hills, breakaways and flat plains along the coastal areas of the South West, Peel and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy lateritic soils.
The species was first formally described by the botanist Carl Meisner, in 1844 in the Leguminosae section of Lehmann’s work Plantae Preissianae
Kwinana Wildflower Loop, Western Australia, spring
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September 25th, 2020
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