Hovea pannosa is a species of flowering shrub in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Australia.

Hovea pannosa is a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 3 m (9.8 ft) and has brown to dark grey hairs on the branchlets and sepals.

The leaves are narrow-oval to narrowly elliptic-oblong shaped, stiff, mostly 2.5–5 cm (0.98–1.97 in) long and 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) wide, margins rolled or curved under, upper surface smooth, underside with crumpled or curly rusty felt like hairs, and the petiole 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long.

Flowering occurs from August to September and the fruit is a sessile pod moderately covered with rusty coloured hairs.

[2][3][4] Hovea pannosa was first formally described in 1851 by Allan Cunningham and the description was published in Botanical Magazine.