Aspalathus obtusifolia R.Dahlgren

An erect, copiously branched shrub 0.5-1.2 m tall, with slender branches and branchlets. Young branches densely short-tomentose or puberulous. Leaflets sausage-shaped or oviform, only ±1-2 mm long, terete, obtuse or subacute. Inflorescences 1-or 2-flowered on lateral short-shoots, several or numerous on each branchlet. Bract visible on the pedicel near its middle, minute, tooth-like and ±0.1 mm long or only as a fascicle of hairs. Pedicel slender, (1.2-)1.5-3.5 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles similar to the bract, situated on the pedicel some 0.5 mm below the calyx base. Calyx glabrous, campanulate, the tube 1.6-2 mm long, the lobes shortly triangular-semi-circular, 0.1-0.4 mm long, obtuse(-subacute), slightly convex, green. Petals bright yellow, glabrous (except for standard base), wing and keel claws ±50% and 40% of blade length respectively. Standard blade 4.7 x 2.8-3.6 mm, apically acute and slightly incurved, smooth. Wing blades 3-3.8 x 1.1-1.4 mm, with 2 rows of irregular folds on basal upper part. Keel blades 3.6-4.2 x 2 mm. Pistil hairy only on top of ovary; ovules 2. Pod lanceolate, 7.3-8.5 x 2.7-3.5 mm, smooth, subglabrous.