Aspalathus leucophylla R.Dahlgren

An erect, branched shrub 0.5-1.5 m tall. Branches rather slender, ascending, with leafy tips. Young branches short-villous (sometimes glabrescent). Leaflets ovoid-oblong, 0.8-2(-4) mm long, 0.5-0.8 mm thick, terete (occasionally slightly flat), obtuse or subacute, grey-or white-puberulous. Inflorescences unifloral(-bifloral) on short-shoots, several on each branch end. Flowers rather small. Bract oblong-linear, 0.3-0.7 x ±0.2 mm, puberulous. Pedicel 0.3-0.8(-1.8) mm long, short-tomentose. Bracteoles 0.1-0.3 mm long. Calyx short-tomentose or short-villous; lobes narrowly triangular, 0.4-1.2 mm long, subacute, partly puberulous. Petals light yellow (lemon-coloured). Standard blade 4.8-6.2 x 3.5-4.7 mm, apically slightly incurved and subacute, short-tomentose on apical half (sometimes only on apex). Wing blades (3.3-)3.6-5 x 1.5-2(-2.2) mm, glabrous, with ±6 rows of minute folds on basal upper parts. Keel blades (3.6-)4-5 x (1.8-)2.2-2.8 mm, glabrous. Pistil pubescent on upper half of the ovary and upper side of basal half of style; ovules 2. Pod triangular-ovate, 6.3-8.2 x 2.8-3.5 mm, compressed, sparsely pubescent on most parts.