Hovea apiculata
Hovea apiculata, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with white to greyish or light brown hairs, narrowly oblong leaves with stipules at the base, and purplish and deep mauve, pea-like flowers. Description
Hovea apiculata is a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to , its foliage covered with white to grey, sometimes brown hairs. The leaves are narrowly oblong to lorate,  long,  wide on a petiole  long with narrowly egg-shaped stipules  long at the base. The flowers are usually arranged in racemes of four to twelve on a rachis up to  long with bracts  long at the base, and slightly shorter bracteoles. The sepals are  long, joined at the base forming a tube  long. The standard petal is pinkish-mauve and deep mauve with a greenish yellow centre and  long,  wide. The wings are  long and the keel  long. Flowering occurs from July to September and the fruit is a pod  long. Taxonomy and naming
Hovea apiculata was first formally described in 1832 by George Don in his book, A General History of Dichlamydeous, from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham. The specific epithet (apiculata) means "apiculate". Distribution and habitat
This species of pea grows in forest and woodland on sandy soils in south-eastern Queensland including in the Expedition National Park, and west of the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales as far south as Dubbo. References

apiculata
Flora of Queensland
Flora of New South Wales
Fabales of Australia
Plants described in 1832
Taxa named by George Don