Hovea stricta is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

Hovea stricta is an erect, spindly shrub typically growing to a height of 0.2 to 1 metre (1 to 3 ft) and branched singly or with numerous stems.

The purple-blue flowers are borne in leaf axils, either singly or in small clusters on hairy pedicels 0.4–1 cm (0.16–0.39 in) long.

[2][3] Hovea stricta was first formally described in 1844 by the botanist Carl Meisner and the description was published in the Leguminosae section of Lehmann's work Plantae Preissianae.

[6] This hovea occurs on low hills, breakaways and flat plains along the coastal areas of the South West, Peel and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy lateritic soils, heath and sand plains.