Aspalathus filicaulis Eckl. & Zeyh.

Shrublet 0.2-0.4(-0.7) m tall, with slender branches. Young branches sericeous or puberulous. Leaflets linear, 5-10(-15) mm long, straight or slightly curved. Flowers either 1-3 close together on branch ends, or solitary in centre of short-shoots developed in leaf axils, or rarely a combination thereof, often several along the branchlets, each on a short-shoot. Bract and bracteoles 0.5-2.5 mm and 0.2-1.3 mm long, respectively. Pedicel 1.5-3.5 mm long, sericeous. Calyx short-sericeous; lobes subulate, 2-4 mm long, weak. Petals yellow, or standard back ± purplish. Standard blade 5.7-8 x 5.5-7.5 mm, short-sericeous on the back. Wing blades 6-8 x 2.3-3.3 mm. Keel blades 6-7 x 3.3-4.2 mm. Pod 23-30 x 2.6-3.2 mm, sparsely hairy on upper parts.