Aspalathus recurvispina R.Dahlgren

A decumbent or ascending, low, sparingly branched shrub or shrublet with branches up to more than 0.35 m long. Young branches densely short-villous. Leaflets linear, (4-)6-13 mm long, straight or slightly incurved but apex recurved and apiculate, subterete or with a ± distinct longitudinal groove, bright green, glabrous. Inflorescences consisting of 1-3(-4) flowers, on lateral short-shoots, distributed along the branches. Bract minute, visible on the pedicel below its middle, tooth-like to linear, 0.2-0.7 mm long. Pedicel slender, 2.2-3.5 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles minute, tooth-like, less than 0.3 mm long. Calyx glabrous, with tube campanulate, 2-2.5 mm long; lobes narrowly triangular, 1.3-2 mm, acuminate, weak. Petals light yellow, turning ± purplish, glabrous; wing and keel claws ± a third the length of the blades. Standard blade obovate, 5.2-7.2 x 3.7-4.2 mm, apically acute and slightly incurved, smooth. Wing blades 3.7-5.3 x 1.3-1.5 mm, with 3-4 longitudinal rows of small folds on the basal half. Keel blades narrowly lunate, 4.8-5.4 x 2-2.2 mm. Pistil puberulous on upper part of ovary and upper side of basal parts of style; ovules 2. Pod lanceolate, 6.5-8 x 2.8-3 mm, rather smooth, subglabrous.