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Hovea purpurea
rusty pods
As recorded: Hovea purpurea Sweet
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae
- Collected by
- Beesley, P.; Binns, D.P.L. Beesley →D. Binns →
- Collector number
- 380
- Date
- March 28, 1985
- Locality
- South Coast: Deua National Park, ridge running off Mt. Donovan; 1.8 km. northeast of summit; about 20 km. west-northwest of Moruya.
- Region
- New South Wales, Australia
- Elevation
- 540 m
- Identified by
- Crisp, M.D.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On March 28, 1985, Beesley, P.; Binns, D. also collected 7 other specimens.
Hovea purpurea observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1985. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 11 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-03.
2026-10-03
Melrose SA 5483, Australia
(c) myall tarran, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-05
Mount Remarkable National Park, Melrose, SA, AU
(c) melitash, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-26
Bundanoon NSW 2578, Australia
(c) Geoff Warn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-09-29
Melrose SA 5483, Australia
(c) Keagan Porter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-09-24
Yambulla NSW 2550, Australia
(c) offshore_, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-09-12
Melrose SA 5483, Australia
(c) Bee-yonce, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Hovea purpurea. BISH 593095. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956254527. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/593095.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956254527 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026