Rafnia acuminata (E.Mey.) G.J.Campb. & B.-e.van Wyk

Prostrate, much-branched trailing shrublet up to 0.3 m high,
 wide. Leaves cordate to oblong-cordate, reticulately veined, often embracing the stem; leaves on flowering branches opposite, 20-30(-40) x 18-25(-36) mm; basal leaves 20-40 x 15-30(-36) mm. Inflorescences single-flowered. Flowers 9-14 mm long. Pedicel 2-4 mm long. Bract 0.5-2 mm long. Bracteoles minute, 0.1-0.2 mm long. Calyx lobes relatively long or not relatively long; lobes ± as long as or much longer than the tube, 2-9 mm long; upper lobes falcate or broadly falcate, broader or much broader than the others; lateral lobes narrowly triangular or slightly falcate; carinal lobe sometimes slightly shorter than the others; lateral sinus sometimes deeper than the lower sinus; tube often with a ridge between the upper lobes, 2-3 mm long. Standard elliptic or suborbicular, 8-14 x 6-14 mm, often with basal callosities; claw 2-3 mm long. Wings oblong, 8-13 x 6 mm, with 5-7 rows of sculpturing; apex narrow; lower margin sometimes convex; claw 2-3 mm long. Keel rostrate to ± long-rostrate, sometimes ± strongly upcurved, 7-11 x 6 mm; apex narrow to slightly obtuse; claw 2-4 mm long. Pistil with the ovary ± narrowly ovate to oblong; style ± as long as or longer than the ovary, strongly upcurved; ovules 2-3. Pods narrowly lanceolate, 20-28 x 6-9 mm; upper margin slightly convex; lower margin ± straight to proximally convex. Seeds broadly reniform to oblong, ± 5 x 3 mm; testa smooth.

Sandy flats, hill slopes and plateaux. Coastal, montane and grassy fynbos, growing on gentle or steep, dry rocky slopes, often associated with stony shale, dry, sandy soils, clays and granitic soils.

The leaves are used for tea. The roots are used for flavouring. They are a sweetener.

Can be grown by seedlings.