Aspalathus lotoides subsp. lagopus (Thunb.) R.Dahlgren

Branches often 0.3-0.5 m long; leaflets of upper long-shoot leaves 5-15 x 1.5-3.5 mm. Inflorescence in an ovate to elongate spike 15-30(-80) mm long. Bracts (of lowest flowers) 5-8 x (1.5-)2-4 mm; bracteoles 5-7 x 1-2.5 mm; calyx woolly-sericeous with lobes 2.5-4.5 mm. Petals larger than in subsp. lotoides; standard blade 7-10 x 5-7 mm; wing blades 5.5-7 x 3-3.5 mm; keel blades 4-5.5 x2.5-3 mm. Ovules 6-9.