Hovea asperifolia

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Hovea asperifolia I.Thomps.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Hovea longifolia var. aspera Ewart & B.Rees (taxonomic synonym)
Hovea sp. "P" (taxonomic synonym)
Hovea sp. D (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Hovea pannosa A.Cunn. ex Hook.f. (misapplied)
Hovea rosmarinifolia A.Cunn. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NSW, ACT, Vic

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (25), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Thompson_2001 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (57). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 45 traits from 142 records in 12 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (3) [sources: White_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 11.5 mm (8-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 9.5 mm (7-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 9.5 mm (7-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 50 mm (10-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Thompson_2001]
leaf_width (numerical): 5.75 mm (2.5-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Thompson_2001]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.3 cm (0.2-0.4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (3); narrowly_elliptical (3); narrowly_oblong (3); strap-shaped (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Thompson_2001]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); rounded (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Thompson_2001; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Thompson_2001; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (3) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (3) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (3); nnnnnnnyyyyn (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Thompson_2001; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.5-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 3 m (3-3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Thompson_2001]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (3) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	57	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	18	25	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	10	13	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2023	11	13	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Thompson_2001	9	13	I. R. Thompson. “Morphometric analysis and revision of eastern Australian Hovea (Brongniartieae-Fabaceae)”. Australian Systematic Botany 14 (2001), pp. 1-99. doi: 10.1071/sb00008.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.