Aspalathus grandiflora Benth.

Erect or ascending, robust, shrubs 0.4-1.3 m tall. Young branches reddish, tomentose. Leaflets dense, linear-subulate, (3-)15 mm long, slightly flattened, those on long-shoots ciliate on the margins, those on short-shoots glabrous or almost so. Inflorescence of 1-4 flowers on each branch tip. Bract and bracteole leaflets linear, 6-20 x 1-2 mm, somewhat flat, ciliate on the margins. Calyx long-sericeous; upper lobes 4-6 mm long and 8 mm broad, deltoid, pubescent; lower lobes narrower, the lowest 2-3 mm broad. Petals cream-coloured or more rarely yellow. Standard blade 18-22 x 15-22 mm, sericeous on nearly all of the back. Wing blades 15-19 x 6.5-8 mm. Keel blades 16-18 x 5-6.5 mm, somewhat rostrate. Pistil sericeous on the ovary; ovules 6-9. Pod not seen.