Scientific Name: Hovea corrickiae

Common Name: glossy purplepea

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Fabaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Small shrub or slender tree with alternate, 3-4cm long, glossy green leaves, the undersides of which are densely covered in yellow-white to rust hairs.

Height (m): 3 – 5

Flowers: White pea flowers, on long stalks arising from the leaf axils.

Fruit: Seed pod – turn from green to black at maturity. Seeds are dark brown and kidney-shaped and occur 2 to a pod.