Aspalathus carnosa P.J.Bergius

An erect shrub 0.6-1.2(-2.5) m tall, rather rigid and much branched. Young branches densely short-tomentose. Leaflets linear, sausage-shaped, 2.5-7 mm long, terete or subterete, straight or slightly incurved, green, acute to mucronulate, often slightly prickly. Inflorescence a head-like umbel of 2-7 flowers (or flowers solitary or in pairs on short branch-lets or very rarely solitary on short-shoots); flowers smaller than but similar to those of A. capensis. Bract accreted to the pedicel, emerging near the calyx base; (linear-) lanceolate-ovate (-circular), 4.5-6.5 x 1.5-6 mm, flat or ± convex, fleshy, glabrous. Pedicel 2-5 mm, tomentose. Bracteoles 4-6.5 x 0.7-3 mm. Calyx tube sparsely puberulous or glabrous; lobes ovate or almost orbicular, acute or rounded-obtuse, carnose, green. Petals ± carnose, bright yellow or standard partly red. Standard blade 7-15 x 7-12.5(-14) mm, acute, glabrous or with scattered hairs along the midrib of the back. Wing blades narrowly oblong-lunate, 7-13 x 3.5-6 mm, glabrous. Keel blades lunate, 6.5-13 x 3.5-5.5 mm, glabrous, obtuse, with indistinct basal pouch. Pistil glabrous; ovules 2-6. Pod obliquely lanceolate, 15-17.5 x 4-5 mm, rugulose.