Aspalathus densifolia Benth.

An erect shrub 1-1.5 m tall, moderately branched, with erect, densely leafy, tail-like branches. Young branches tomentose, densely leafy. Leaflets narrow, pinoid-filiform, 6-8(-13) mm long, slightly incurved, glabrous or with sparse hairs, subterete, acute, 12-30 in each fascicle (leaf and brachyblast). Inflorescence a dense head of 4-8 flowers. Bract leaflets 7-9 x 0.7-1.2 mm, slightly flat adaxially, ciliate on margins. Pedicel shorter than 1 mm. Bracteoles similar to' the bract. Calyx broad, white-sericeous; upper two lobes 2.5-3.5 mm long and 5.5-6.5 mm broad; lowest lobe 3-4 x 1.2-2 mm. Petals yellow, often with purplish shades on standard back and keel. Standard blade circular, 11.5-14 x 13.5-16 mm, sericeous on most of the back. Wing blades 10-11 x 5-5.5 mm. Keel blades 9-10 x 4.5-5.5 mm, slightly upcurved. Pistil with white-woolly ovary; ovules 8-10. Pod 11-13.5 x 7-8 mm, woolly-villous.