Lebeckia brevipes M.m.le Roux & B.-e.van Wyk

Decumbent, diffuse, glabrous suffrutex, up to 0.5 m in height. Leaves phyllodinous, acicular, unarticulated; leaf density 2 to 4 per 10 mm length of stem; stipules absent. Inflorescences terminal, 140-175 mm long; rachis smooth; flowers relatively few (up to 12 flowers per inflorescence), sparse (1 to 2 per 10 mm length of rachis), relatively small (6-8 mm long); pedicel 2-5 mm long. Bract lanceolate, acute, ±2.3 mm long. Bracteoles triangular, acuminate, ±1.0 mm long. Calyx 4.0-5.5 mm long, tube 1.5-3.0 mm long, lobes 1.5-2.5 mm long; subequally lobed but the upper lateral sinuses much wider than the medial sinus and the lower lateral sinuses; lobes deltoid, tips minutely pubescent inside. Standard orbicular, ±6.5 x ±6.8 mm; apex obtuse; claw 1-2 mm long. Wings oblong, ±as long as the keel, 6-7 x ±3 mm, with 5 rows of sculpturing; apex obtuse; claws ±2 mm long. Keel rostrate, not twisted, 5.5-6.5 x 3.0-3.5 mm, usually with pockets; claws 2.0-2.5 mm long. Carpel subsessile to shortly stipitate; ovary 7.5-8.0 x ±0.5 mm, linear; ovules few (4-8); style 2-3 mm long, curved upwards. Pods narrowly elliptic, straight, not narrowly winged on the upper suture, up to 45 x ±3 mm; stipe 2-4 mm long; dehiscent; flat; fruit wall thin, membranous. Seeds not seen.