Plants of
South Australia
Hovea purpurea
Fabaceae
Rusty Pods,
Tall Hovea
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Prior names

Hovea beckeri

Hovea longifolia var. lanceolata

Hovea longifolia var. longifolia

Common names

Rusty Pods

Tall Hovea

Distribution and status

Herbarium regions: Flinders Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty
NRM regions: Eyre Peninsula, Northern and Yorke, South Australian Arid Lands
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)

Seeds stored:
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LocationNo. of seeds
(weight grams)
Number
of plants
Date
collected
Collection number
Collection location
Date
stored
% ViabilityStorage
temperature
 
MSB

1,200 (15.97 g)
100+2-Nov-2006TST57
Flinders Ranges
BGA630 (37.14 g)50+19-Dec-2008KHB176
Flinders Ranges
20-Jul-200980%-18°C
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.