Common Hovea - native (Hovea heterophylla)

Family: Fabaceae (Pea family).

Native.

Other names: Hovea linearis.

Widespread.

Identification:

• it is a small sub-shrub
• it has blue pea flowers in late winter - early spring
• the leaves are variable in shape, from almost circular to long-eliptical (and hence the name heterophylla).

Photos. 1: Flowers and leaves. 2: A dense patch. It often scarcely exceeds the grass tussocks.

3: Flowers 4: Pods. All: Kalimna, Castlemaine.