Aspalathus cliffortiifolia R.Dahlgren

An ascending, rather sparingly branched shrublet, ±0.2-0.5 m tall, with densely leafy branches (resembling cats' tails). Young branches densely short-villous. Leaflets linear, needle-like, 3-7.5 mm long, 0.3-0.4 mm thick, terete, straight or slightly incurved or S-curved (apex recurved), acuminate, glabrous, green, not very rigid. Inflorescences unifloral, distributed along up to 50 mm of the branch ends. Bract subulate, 1.2-2.1 x 0.2-0.3 mm, glabrous abaxially, puberulous adaxially. Pedicel 0.5-1 mm long, tomentulose. Bracteoles 0.2-0.7 x 0.1-0.2 mm, triangular-subulate. Calyx densely tomentulose; lobes broadly subulate, 1.2-2 mm long, acuminate, subterete, subglabrous, green or purplish. Petals rather small, yellow. Standard blade elliptic, 5-5.5 x 3.8-4.2 mm, obtuse (without a 'tip'), densely tomentulose on the back. Wing blades 3.8-4 x ±1.5 mm, pubescent along the lower margin, with 3-4 rows of minute folds on upper basal parts. Keel blades lunate, 3.5-3.7 x ±2.1 mm, obtuse, tomentulose on' most parts except along the upper, ± straight margin. Pistil densely pubescent on the ovary; ovules 2; style glabrous. Ripe pods not seen.