Biology:Hovea pungens
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hovea pungens". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/3966.
- ↑ "Noongar names for plants". kippleonline.net. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161120071826/http://www.kippleonline.net/bobhoward/plantsframe.html. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
Wikidata ☰ Q15485244 entry
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