Hovea pungens
| Hovea pungens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Hovea |
| Species: | H. pungens |
| Binomial name | |
| Hovea pungens Benth. | |
Hovea pungens, commonly known as devil's pins, is a shrub in the family Fabaceae, native to Western Australia.[1] The Noongar name for the plant is buyenak.[2]
The erect pungent shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 1.8 metres (1 to 6 ft). It blooms from May to November producing distinctive blue purple flowers.
Found in among granite outcrops and coastal limestone on flats undulating sandplains and flats, the species has a distribution on the south west coast in the Wheatbelt, Peel, South West, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia. It grows in shallow gravelly, sandy, loamy and clay soils over rock.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Hovea pungens". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- ↑ "Noongar names for plants". kippleonline.net. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
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