Hovea is a genus of about forty species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and is endemic to Australia.

Plants in this genus are sub-shrubs, shrubs or small trees with simple leaves and purple, blue or mauve flowers with a white centre.

The ten stamens are joined into a sheath open on the upper side, and differ in length.

[3][4][5][6] The genus Hovea was first formally described in 1812 by Robert Brown in Aiton's Hortus Kewensis, and the first species he described were H. linearis and H.

[7][8] The genus name honours the Polish botanist and plant collector, Anton Pantaleon Hove.