Agathosma asperifolia Eckl. & Zeyh.

Branchlets pubescent or pilose. Leaves 3-6 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading, lanceolate, obtuse, somewhat cordate or rounded at the base, concave above, glandular and bluntly keeled beneath, with bristle-tipped tubercles above and beneath. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles 1-1.5 mm long, hispid, with bracteoles on the upper half. Sepals 2 mm long, lanceolate-ovate, obtuse, ciliate, bluntly keeled and hispidulous beneath. Petals 3.5-4.5 mm long, glabrous, with a rotund or obovate gland-tipped blade and a slender claw 2.5-3 times as long. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 2.5 mm long, linear obtuse in the upper half, tapering to a slender base, villous on the lower half, tipped with a large gland. Ovary with 3 carpels bearing oblong pilose processes. Style for the most part pilose.