Aspalathus cordicarpa R.Dahlgren

A procumbent, much branched shrublet with up to more than 0.5 m long branches bearing densely puberulous and fairly densely leafy branchlets. Leaflets fascicled, numerous together (or on branchlet ends, 3 together), subulate, 2-3 mm long and 0.4-0.5 mm thick, subterete or slightly angular, acuminate, weak, glabrous, often slightly incurved or recurved, dull green. Flowers subsessile, solitary (rarely in pairs) on lateral short-shoots or on very short lateral branchlets. Bract subulate, 0.4-0.6 mm long, marginally ciliate. Bracteoles ±0.4 mm long, similar to the bract. Calyx externally glabrous; tube funnel-shaped; lobes subulate, 2.4-3.2 mm long, tapering, not stiff, often somewhat in-or recurved, acuminate, not pungent. Petals yellow or partly reddish or purplish, glabrous. Standard blade obovate, ±5.5 x 4 mm, with ± incurved margins, apically tapering into a pointed (but not fleshy) tip ±0.5 mm long. Wing blades ±4.0 x 1.4 mm, with 3(-4) rows of wrinkles on basal-upper parts. Keel blades lunate, obtuse, 4.0-4.2 x ±2.2 mm, with S-curved upper margins. Pistil pubescent on style base and upper and apical parts of the ovary; ovules 2. Fruit cordate, 7.8-8.5 x 4.3-4.5 mm, flat, cordate, dark, sparsely puberulous on most of the sides.