Aspalathus laeta Bolus

Shrublet, erect to procumbent, generally low but when erect then up to 0.9 m tall, when procumbent then with up to 1 m long branches. Young branches densely short-villous. Leaflets subulate, 2-6(-9) mm long, straight or slightly recurved. Flowers solitary or in pairs on the tips of branches and lateral branchlets, rarely on lateral short-shoots; smaller than in the following species. Bract linear-subulate, 2.2-4.5 mm long. Pedicel 0.8-1.5 mm long. Bracteoles 1.6-4 mm long. Calyx with sparse, short, spreading hairs; lobes 1.5-4.5 mm long, spine-tipped. Petals light yellow or standard and keel often ± purplish. Standard blade 6-9.5 x 5-8.5 mm, short-pubescent on distal and middle parts of the back. Wing blades 5-7.5 x 2-3.2 mm. Keel blades 5.5-7.5 x 2.8-4.8 mm, pubescent on distal half. Pistil: ovules 2-4. Pod obliquely and often broadly ovate to rhombic, 6.5-8 x 3.5-4.3 mm, smooth to slightly rugose.