Aspalathus barbigera R.Dahlgren

An erect shrub up to more than 1 m tall, rather densely branched, with rather slender but rigid, light coloured branches. Branchlets slender, villous. Leaflets linear, dull green, those on youngest branches 7-11 mm long, slightly flattened, acute-acuminate, with sparse, rather long, curly hairs. Inflorescence an elongate spike with 6-15 flowers. Flowers similar to those in A. cephalotes subsp. violacea but pubescence of calyx tube and petals much longer and more white-villous. Bracts (6-)8-11 x 0.6-0.8 mm; bracteoles 4-7 mm, and calyx lobes 5-6 mm long. Standard blade 8-8.5 x 3.5-3.8 mm; wing blades 6.5-7 x 2.0-2.2 mm; and keel blades 4.3-4.8 x 2.5-2.9 mm. Pistil: pubescence long, restricted to style base. Pods not seen.