Aspalathus globulosa E.Mey.

Erect or ascending shrublet 0.3-0.8 m tall, moderately branched. Branchlets tomentose. Leaflets filiform, often 6-15 in each fascicle (leaf + short-shoot); leaflets of uppermost long-shoot leaves below inflorescence often ± fused to become 3-lobate or simple. Inflorescence a globose head with 8-25 flowers, below the bracts in the axils of which flowers are situated, an involucre of imbricate, entire, ovate or circular leaves 3-6 x 2-3.5 mm, glabrous on the outer surface, ± ciliate on the margins. Bracts (supporting flowers) entire, narrower than the preceding. Bracteoles simple, narrowly oblanceolate or linear, 4-6 x 0.5-1 mm. Flowers subsessile, the tube basally almost glabrous, with sparse, spreading hairs; lobes narrowly triangular, pointed, 1.5-3 mm long. Petals almost white, but keel apically bluish violet. Standard blade 6.5-8 x 3.5-4.5 mm, sericeous on the back. Wing blades 5-6.5 x 1.9-2.3 mm, sericeous on lower parts. Keel blades 3.5-4 x 2-2.4 mm, sericeous on lower half. Pistil pubescent on style base. Pod 5-5.5 x ±2.8 mm.