Aspalathus lanata E.Mey.

A rather large, erect or spreading shrublet growing entangled in other vegetation or in irregular 'heaps', with sprawling or trailing branches, often red and with sparse spreading pubescence on the young parts. Leaves trifoliolate, with subequal leaflets, those on long-shoots with flat large leaflets on an inconspicuous leaf base, soon with axillary short-shoot (or lateral branch with long internodes). Leaflets of long-shoot leaves lanceolate, the lateral sometimes ± falcate, 10-25 x 1-3 mm, pointed, green, subglabrous to minutely puberulous, with 1-3 distinct longitudinal main veins. Leaflets of short-shoot leaves smaller, glabrous. Inflorescence terminal, 1-4-flowered spikes (or racemes) with lowest flower subtended by a peduncle-like internode of 6-40 mm; the lowest two flowers separated by an internode 0.6-1.5 mm long. Bract linear-subulate, 2.5-10(-14) mm long, green, sparsely ciliate. Pedicel 1.5-2.8 mm long, densely puberulous. Bracteoles, on distal part of pedicel, 2-10 mm long. Calyx openly campanulate, the tube puberulous; lobes narrowly triangular or subulate, 1.5-7 mm long, subglabrous or sparsely puberulous. Petals clear yellow (or partly purplish). Standard blade obovate-obdeltoid, 7-9 x 8-10 mm, rounded to retuse but with a little 'tip', cuneate at base, sericeous on the back. Wing blades oblong-oblanceolate, 6-7.5 x 3-4 mm. Keel blades broadly lunate, ±6 x 3.5-4.5 mm, with nearly straight upper margin. Pistil with short stipe and elongate ovary; pubescent on the upper side of the ovary and style base; ovules 6-10(-12). Pod linear-lanceolate, 20-30 x 4-5 mm, rather smooth, with 2 or 3 seeds.