Aspalathus acanthiloba R.Dahlgren

An erect shrublet, 0.5-0.8 m tall, rather similar to A. chenopoda subsp. gracilis, but smaller in nearly all parts. The following attributes are those in which it is distinctive: Leaflets 4-12 mm long, glabrous or with sparse, spreading hairs. Inflorescence a terminal group or head of 2-5 flowers (rarely a solitary flower). Bracts all unifoliolate, 6.5-9.5 mm long, with sparse hair base.tubercles and hairs on the margins, on a short, hairy leaf base. Pedicel ±1 mm long. Bracteoles subulate-acicular, 3-6 x ±0.2 mm. Calyx tube tomentose; lobes spine-like, 6.5-9 mm long, straight, glabrous on most parts (except the base), subterete-trigonal. Petals light yellow. Standard blade obovate, 7-8.5 x 6.3-7.5 mm, with an apical, glabrous cusp 1.4-2 mm long. Wing blades 5-6 x 2-2.7 mm; keel blades 5.3-6.7 x 2.5-3 mm. Wing and keel claws adnate to staminal sheath for most of the length. Pistil subglabrous, with some pubescence laterally apically on the ovary. Pod triangular-ovate, 7.5-8 x ±4 mm, subglabrous.