Aspalathus venosa E.Mey.

Small, dense shrub with rigid, rather thick branches woolly-tomentose on the young parts. Short-shoots usually not developed in axils of leaves on young branches. Leaflets flat, oblanceolate or narrowly obovate, 4-8 x 2-4 mm, leathery, shiny, glabrous, at least ± veiny, apically with a slightly recurved spinelet. Inflorescence an apical head of 2-8 subsessile flowers. Bract obovate to broadly obovate, 3.5-4.5 x 2-4.5 mm, retuse but with apical mucro, subglabrous but marginally ciliate and pubescent on the base. Bracteoles linear-oblanceolate, 3-4.5 x 2-4.5 mm, retuse but with apical mucro, subglabrous but marginally ciliate and pubescent on the base. Calyx tube woolly-tomentose on most parts; lowest lobe enlarged, ±4 mm long, partly glabrous, apically recurved and pointed; other lobes ±2 mm long, triangular, hairy, spine-tipped. Petals yellow or turning reddish, their shape and pubescence as in A. polycephala. Standard blade ±7 x 6.5 mm. Wing blades ±5 x 2.4 mm. Keel blades ±6 x 2.8 mm. Pistil: ovary and upper part of style base hairy; ovules 4 or 5. Pods not seen.