Rafnia crassifolia Harv.

Procumbent shrublet, stems not much-branched, up to 0.6 m high. Leaves lanceolate, bright green, often remaining so when dry; leaves on flowering branches 28-44 x 8-13 mm; basal leaves (25-)35-55 x 7-17 mm. Inflorescences single-flowered, without a peduncle or pseudopeduncle. Flowers 13-16(-20) mm long. Pedicel elongate, 12-16(-18) mm long. Bract 0.7-0.8 mm long. Bracteoles subulate to linear-triangular, 0.5-0.7 mm long. Calyx long; lobes much longer than the tube, 10-13 mm long; upper lobes falcate, slightly broader than the others; lateral lobes slightly falcate; carinal lobe sometimes shorter than the others; tube with a ridge between the upper lobes, 4-5 mm long. Standard obovate to subpanduriform, tapering towards the claw, 13-18 x 9-14 mm; claw 1-2 mm long. Wings oblong, ± as long as or longer than the keel, 9-11 x 3-5 mm, with 6-7 rows of sculpturing; apex obovate to broadly obtuse; claw 3-4 mm long. Keel 9-11 x ± 5 mm; claw ± 4 mm long. Pistil with the ovary ± oblong; style long, ± as long as or longer than the ovary, upcurved; ovules 2. Pods obliquely lanceolate, 34-39 x 8-11 mm; upper margin straight; lower margin proximally convex. Seeds obliquely oblong-reniform, ± 4 x 3 mm; testa rough.