Aspalathus frankenioides Dc.

A decumbent or usually ascending to erect shrublet 0.2-0.5 m tall, rather closely branched, with spreading, soft, white-villous branches. Leaflets linear, (1.2-)2-4.5 mm long and 0.3-0.5 mm thick, weak, slightly incurved, densely white-or grey-puberulous or short-tomentose. Flowers solitary on lateral short-shoots, one or few on each branchlet. Bract linear-subulate, 1.5-3.8 x ±0.3 mm, weak, densely pubescent. Pedicel 0.2-0.8 mm long, short-tomentose. Bracteoles 1.4-3.9 mm long. Calyx short-tomentose (rarely sericeous); lobes narrowly triangular or short-subulate, 0.6-2.7 mm long, obtuse-acute, ± densely pubescent. Petals light lemon-yellow, sometimes with purplish shades. Standard blade circular, 5-9 x 5.5-9.5 mm, obtuse (-retuse), densely tomentose (or short-sericeous) on the back and on marginal parts of front. Wing blades 3.6-6.2 x 1.4-2.6 mm. Keel blades 4.7-6.4 x 2.4-3.6 mm, with ± straight upper margin. Pistil tomentose on ovary and on upper side of basal half of style. Pod obliquely ovate, (4-)4.5-6.3 x (2.6-)3.2-4.2 mm, ± dark, smooth, tomentose on most parts.