Lebeckia gracilis Eckl. & Zeyh.

Erect, glaucous sufffutex, 0.15-0.8 m in height. Leaves simple, acicular, articulated near the middle; leaf density 3-6 per 10 mm length of stem. Inflorescences terminal, 44-172 mm long; rachis furrowed; flowers numerous, relatively dense (5-7 per 10 mm length of rachis), relatively small in size (6-8 mm long); pedicel 1.5-3.0 mm long; bract lanceolate, acute, ±2 mm long; bracteoles triangular, acuminate, ±1 mm long. Calyx 4.5 mm long, tube 1.5-3.5 mm long, lobes 0.7-1.5 mm long; ±equally lobed; lobes deltoid, tips minutely pubescent inside. Standard widely oblong to suborbicular or obovate, 4.0-6.5 x 2.0-3.5 mm; apex obtuse; dawr 1.5-2.5 mm long. Wings oblong, longer than the keel, 4.0-6.5 x 1.0-2.5 mm, with 11-14 nowsof sculpturing; apex obtuse; claws 1.5-2.0 mm long. Keel rostrate, 5-6 x 1.5-2.5 mm, sometimes with pockets; claws 1.5-2.5 mm long. Pistil subsessile; ovary 5.5-7.5 x 0.6-0.8 mm longjmear; ovules many (9-11); style 1.5-3.5 mm long, curved upwards. Pods linear, straight or very slightly falcate, up to 37 x 2-3 mm; dehiscent; semi-terete; fruit wall thin, membranous. Seeds reniform-orbicular, ±1.8 x 1.5 mm, rugose, pale brown, mottled dark brown to black; hilum dark brown.