Aspalathus subulata Thunb.

Leaflets linear or needle-like, subterete or usually canaliculate above, usually sharply mucronate. Inflorescences usually 3-10-flowered. Bract generally accreted basally to the pedicel, linear or lanceolate, 3.5-5 x 1.2-2.2 mm, mucronate. Bracteoles 4-5.2 x 0.6-1.2 mm. Calyx tube sparsely or rather densely puberulous; lobes lanceolate or narrowly triangular, 2.5-3.5 mm long, mucronate, glabrous. Petals yellow, often turning orange, or standard back ± purplish. Standard blade 6-7.2 x 5-7 mm; pubescent at base and sometimes along the mid-vein of the back. Wing blades 5.2-6.8 x 2-3 mm. Keel blades lunate, obtuse, 5-6 x 2.5-3.2 mm, glabrous. Pistil: ovary only slightly pubescent basally; ovules 4 (-6). Pod rhombic-lanceolate, ±8 x 3.3 mm, slightly rugulose.