Hovea magnibractea
Hovea magnibractea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with narrowly oblong to lorate (strap-shaped) leaves, and mauve and yellow, pea-like flowers. Description
Hovea magnibractea is a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to , its branchlets densely covered with short brown hairs. The leaves are oblong to linear, lance-shaped or strap-shaped,  long and  wide with stipules  long at the base. The flowers are often arranged in groups of two, each flower on a pedicel  long. The flowers have egg-shaped bracts  long and similar bracteoles at the base. The sepals are  long and joined at the base, forming a tube  long, the upper lip about  wide. The petals are mauve, the standard petal  long with a yellow base, the wings  wide and the keel shorter than the wings. Flowering occurs from September to December and the fruit is a sessile pod. Taxonomy and naming
Hovea magnibractea was first formally described in 2001 by Ian R. Thompson in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected by James Henderson Ross near the summit of Mount Elizabeth in 1986. Distribution and habitat
This species of pea grows on steep, rocky slopes and near scree slopes in montane forest, and is restricted to a few mountains in eastern Victoria. There are also onld records from Tasmania. References

magnibractea
Flora of Queensland
Flora of Victoria (state)
Flora of Tasmania
Fabales of Australia
Plants described in 2001