Hovea longifolia, commonly known as rusty pods,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, endemic to eastern Australia.

It has purple pea flowers, linear leaves with rusty felt like hairs on the lower surface.

Hovea longifolia is a shrub to 3 m (9.8 ft) high and stems with brownish to grey, short, densely matted, curled or more or less straight hairs.

Flowering occurs from August to October and the fruit is an oval shaped pod 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) long.

[5] Rusty pods grows in shady, moist situations near stream banks and slopes, mostly from Narooma to Judge Dowling Range in New South Wales.