Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Hovea montana (Hook.f.) J.H.Ross trib. Brongniartieae |
Bibliography | Muelleria 6: 427 (1988) |
Native Range | se. Australia, Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | branchlets densely pubescent, leaves narrowly elliptic, 1-3cm, obtuse, margins revolute, adaxially smooth and glabrous, abaxially densely pubescent, flowers 1-2, ca. 1cm |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | pinkish blue, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 1-3 months cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Hovea longifolia var. montana (Hook.f.) J.H.Willis Hovea pupurea var. montana Hook.f. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria) |