Aspalathus dasyantha Eckl. & Zeyh.

An erect, rigid shrub, with stiff, often knotty branches, sometimes almost thorn-like. Branch ends and very young branches tomentose, glabrescent, yellowish. Leaves trifoliolate; those on long-shoots situated at the base of a spur-or spine-like, yellowish, glabrous leaf base 1-3 mm long. Short-shoots soon developing in the axils of these leaves. Leaflets oblanceolate, oblong or obovate, 2-6(-8) x 1-2.5 mm, obtuse (to acute), green, weak, with sparse scattered hairs or glabrous. Flowers situated as in A. ternata. Bract narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, 2-4 x 0.5-1 mm, tomentose. Bracteoles linear or oblanceolate, 2.5-4.5 mm long, tomentose. Calyx urceolate, pale, yellowish, villous-tomentose (not sericeous as in A. ternata); lobes deltoid to narrowly triangular, 1.5-3.5 mm long, acute, slightly green or pigmented. Petals light yellow (to purplish in late stage), shape similar to those of A. ternata but with more tomentose type of pubescence. Standard blade 8.5-9 x 8.5-9 mm. Wing blades 7.5-8.5 x 4-4.5 mm. Keel blades 6-6.5 x 4-4.5 mm. Pistil pubescent on ovary and basal third of style; ovules 4 or 5. Pods not seen.