Shrub or small tree to 5 m tall; indumentum brown to grey-brown, hairs curled to ± straight, appressed to somewhat spreading. (Flora of Australia) "Usually readily distinguished by its narrow-elliptic leaves that taper gradually to both ends, the raised veins usually visible on the lower surface of the leaf, and by the long, narrow-walled aril of its seeds." (Flora of Australia)

"Grows in sandy soils in rainforest margins, open forest and heath." (Flora of Australia) Hovea species are well suited to the seed trade and to rehabilitation work. They are also extremely attractive flowering plants. Hovea acutifolia has a relatively coastal distribution and is therefore available for seed collection more often than species inhabiting drier places further inland. Observed on rocky or sandy sites.

Please refer to other Hovea species here such as Hovea lorata for notes on seed collection etc.

Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. [Date Accessed: Sept 20, 2022] http://www.ausflora.org.au

https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Hovea%20acutifolia

PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System). Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au [Accessed: July 6, 2020.

http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Hovea~acutifolia