Aspalathus cerrhantha Eckl. & Zeyh.

Erect or ascending shrublets, 0.3-0.6 m tall, moderately densely branched. Branchlets tomentose. Leaflets 4-20 on each short-shoot, narrow, filiform, 2-8 mm long, terete, weak and (the upper) ± curved, with sparse, spreading hairs. Inflorescence a globose head of 20-30 flowers; involucral leaves with axillary flowers lacking or few. Bracts of lowest flowers trifoliate, a few in transitional position 3-lobate and those connected with innermost flowers simple, all linear-filiform, ±9-11 mm long. Bracteoles filiform, 7-11 mm, with sparse spreading hairs. Flowers subsessile, relatively small. Calyx tube and apical parts. Keel blades 3.3-3.8 x 1.8-2.2 mm, tomentose on the lower half. Pistil hairy on the style base. Pod 4.5-5 x 2.5-3 mm.