Hovea cymbiformis
Hovea cymbiformis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a shrub with foliage covered with brownish to grey hairs, narrowly elliptic leaves with stipules at the base, and mauve and yellowish-green, pea-like flowers. Description
Hovea cymbiformis is a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to , its foliage covered with brownish to grey, curled or coiled hairs. The leaves are narrowly elliptic,  long,  wide on a petiole  long with egg-shaped stipules  long at the base. The flowers are usually arranged in pairs on short side-branches and are sessile with bracts and bracteoles  long at the base. The sepals are  long, the upper pair joined and  wide, the three lower lobes  long. The standard petal is mauve with a yellowish-green base and about  long,  wide and the wings are  long. Flowering occurs from August to September and the fruit is a pod about  long and wide. Taxonomy and naming
Hovea cymbiformis was first formally described in 2001 by Ian R. Thompson in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected near Attunga in 1997. The specific epithet (cymbiformis) means "boat-shaped". Distribution and habitat
This species of pea grows in woodland on soil derived from serpentinite, from near Barraba to near Chaffey Dam in north-eastern New South Wales. References

cymbiformis
Flora of New South Wales
Fabales of Australia
Plants described in 2001