Aspalathus chortophila Eckl. & Zeyh.

A decumbent, ascending or erect shrub or shrublet, 0.1-0.6(-1) m tall, sparingly to rather densely branched with weak, leafy branch ends. Young branches densely tomentose to white-villous. Leaflets spreading, linear, (1-)1.5-6(-8) mm long, 0.3-0.5 mm thick, subterete, almost straight or slightly incurved, not rigid, acute or acuminate, green, glabrous or with scattered spreading hairs. Inflorescences unifloral, on lateral short-shoots, distributed few or several along the branches below leafy branch ends. Flowers medium-sized. Bract, at pedicel base, linear-subulate, only 0.2-2.2 mm long and ±0.1 mm broad, pubescent. Pedicel 0.5-1.5(-2) mm long, pubescent. Bracteoles 0.1-0.8(-1.3) mm long. Calyx tube short-villous or short-tomentose; lobes subulate, (1.2-)1.5-3.5(-4.5) mm long, straight or slightly recurved, subterete from near the base, acute-acuminate, glabrous at least on the apical parts. Petals bright yellow or partly orange, red or purplish. Standard blade broadly obtriangular-obovate-circular, 8-11(-12) x 8.5-11.5(-13) mm, emarginate-obcordate, sometimes with a short apical 'tip', densely tomentose or sericeous on the back, glabrous on the front or sometimes with short appressed hairs on apical-marginal parts of the front. Wing blades narrowly (6-)6.5-8.5 (-9.5) x 2-3(-3.5) mm, pubescent on lower parts (only one-fifth or less). Keel blades lunate, (6.5-)7-9(-9.5) x 3.2-4(-4.5) mm, obtuse, with ± straight or slightly convex upper margin; sericeous (-tomentose) on most parts. Pistil tomentose on ovary and style base; ovules 2. Pod obliquely and narrowly triangular-ovate, 9-10.5 x 3.5-5 mm, densely villous to woolly.