Hovea trisperma var. grandiflora Benth.

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, alternate, not continuous with stem, 15-60 mm long, 10-30 mm wide, glabrous, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Pedicel present, 4-5.5 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present and persistent, 2.5-4 mm long, glabrous, not striate. Calyx 8.5-9.5 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 19 mm long, multicoloured, mostly purple or blue, with some purple or blue spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 18-21 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 15-16 mm long, not auriculate, keel 8.5-9 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.5-0.6 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments united in an open sheath with one free stamen, 6-7.5 mm long. Ovary glabrous; style 7.5-8.2 mm long glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), stipitate or sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, not beaked. Flowers in May, June, July, August, September, October and November. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA regions.