Aspalathus diffusa Eckl. & Zeyh.

A small, low subshrub with decumbent or prostrate branches up to ±0.15 m, basally much branched. Branches silky pubescent. Leaves of branch ends without short-shoots; leaflets 2-10 x 0.5-1.5 mm (broader when unfolded), the sides incurved, partly enclosing the upper villous side. Inflorescence unique in the genus, the minute flower emerging directly on the branch between two successive vegetative leaves. Bract linear-oblanceolate, ±2 x 0.3-0.5 mm, weak, obtuse, more densely hairy on upper than on lower surface. Bracteoles linear, ±1.5 x 0.2-0.3 mm. Calyx lobes linear, 3-4 mm long, weak, subacute, tomentose. Petals small, pale. Standard blade ±3 x 3 mm, tomentose on the back, glabrous on the front. Wing blades ±2.5 x 1-1.2 mm. Keel blades ±2.5 x 1 mm, tomentose except on basal part. Pod 3-4 x ±2 mm, tomentose on upper and apical parts, largely filled up by the single seed.