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Hovea trisperma Benth.
Common Hovea

Reference
Endl., Fenzl, Benth. & Schott, Enum.Pl. 37 (1837)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Straggling, weak to ascending shrub, 0.1-0.7 m high. Fl. purple-blue, May to Nov. Sandy soils, laterite, gravel, clay loam.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Bayswater, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Bunbury, Busselton, Cambridge, Canning, Capel, Chittering, Cockburn, Collie, Coorow, Cottesloe, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Kojonup, Kulin, Kwinana, Mandurah, Manjimup, Melville, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Narrogin, Northam, Perth, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, South Perth, Stirling, Subiaco, Swan, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wandering, Wanneroo, Waroona, West Arthur, Williams, Woodanilling, York.