Aspalathus kougaensis (garab. ex R.dahlgren) R.dahlgren

An ascending-erect, rarely decumbent, fairly branched shrub or shrublet, from low, ±0.2 m to 2 (or even 4!) m tall; young branches ascending or spreading, villous to lanate. Leaflets linear, 2-12 mm long, subterete, rather weak or rarely rigid, straight or more often incurved, covered with grey, short pubescence (occasionally glabrescent). Inflorescences unifloral, on lateral short-shoots, few to several on each branchlet. Flowers medium-sized to rather large. Bract linear-subulate, 0.8-3 mm long, pubescent, acuminate. Pedicel 0.5-2.5(-3) mm long, tomentose. Bracteoles (0.5-)0.8-2.2 mm long. Calyx campanulate-globose, usually white-villous; lobes triangular, 1.5-3(-3.5) mm long, with broad, pubescent base and puberulous-glabrescent, tapering acuminate or acute or mucronulate apex. Petals light (lemon-)yellow. Standard blade broadly, elliptic to circular, 7-11(-12) x (5.5-)7-11.5(-12.5) mm, rounded-retuse at apex (without a 'tip'), densely short-or long-pubescent (sericeous to tomentose) on the back, and frequently puberulous on the apical-marginal parts of the front. Wing blades 5.5-8.7(-9.5) x 1.7-3.5(-4) mm, tomentose on the lowermost parts. Keel blades lunate, 6-8.5(-9.5) x 3-4.5(-5) mm, obtuse, pubescent (sericeous-tomentose) on most parts; upper margin nearly straight. Pistil densely pubescent on the ovary and style base, and ciliate above on basal half of the style; ovules 2. Pod broadly lanceolate, 9.5-12 x 3.5-4.7 mm, woolly villous on most parts but the base short-tomentose.