Hovea similis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and grows in New South Wales and Queensland.

Hovea similis is a shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of up to 4 m (13 ft), its foliage and most external surfaces are covered with brownish to grey hairs.

The leaves are strap-like to elliptic-strap shaped, 2.5–8 cm (0.98–3.15 in) long, 4–9 mm (0.16–0.35 in) wide, flat to slightly arched, base pointed or rounded, margins rolled under or bent and the midrib moderately recessed.

The leaf upper surface is dull to almost shiny, smooth, veined, rounded to blunt or rarely with a short point at the apex and lance-shaped stipules 1.3–1.8 mm (0.051–0.071 in).

[2] Hovea similis was first formally described in 2001 by Ian R. Thompson in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected near the McPherson Range Queensland in 1990.