Aspalathus stenophylla Eckl. & Zeyh.

An ascending or, more rarely, decumbent shrublet 0,05-0.35 m tall, sparingly to rather freely branched. Young branches short-tomentose. Leaves of young long-shoots without, on older branches with lateral short-shoots. Leaflets from narrowly oblanceolate to linear-spathulate, (2-)5-10(-14) x 0.6-1.5 mm, flat, coriaceous-carnose, acute to apiculate, with distinct midvein and sometimes with distinct laterals, green, the upper sparingly puberulous, glabrescent. Inflorescence a terminal group or head of (1-)2-4(-5) flowers. Bract linear, 1-3 mm long or less, puberulous. Pedicel less than 1 mm long, tomentose. Bracteoles similar to bract or lacking, up to ±1 mm long. Calyx tube campanulate, tomentose; lobes subulate-subfiliform, (1-)3-5 mm long, weak, sparsely hairy. Petals bright yellow or partly reddish brown. Standard blade circular, 7-10.2 x 5.5-11.2 mm, obtuse to retuse, short-sericeous on the back. Wing blades very narrowly elliptic, (5.5-)6-8 x (1.8-)2-3.4 mm, sericeous on lower third. Keel blades (5.5-)6-7.3 x 2-3 mm, slightly upcurved, short-sericeous on most parts. Pistil sericeous on ovary and upper side of the basal half of the style; ovules 2. Pods not seen.