Rafnia racemosa Eckl. & Zeyh.

Robust, woody shrub up to 1.5 m high or a procumbent, mat. like shrublet up to 0.2 m high. Leaves elliptic (in subsp. racemosa) or lanceolate (in subsp. pumila); leaves on flowering branches invariably alternate, 25-45 x 6-16 mm; basal leaves 13-60 x 5-24 mm. Inflorescences 2-19-flowered Flowers 11-19 mm long. Pedicel 4-
 long. Bract 1-2 mm long. Bracteoles 0.5-1 mm long. Calyx subequally lobed; lobes triangular or narrowly triangular, as long as or longer than the tube, 4-7 mm long; upper sinus rarely deeper than the others; tube 3-6 mm long. Standard ovate or broadly elliptic, (9-)13-18 x 11-15 mm, sometimes with basal callosities; claw 2-4 mm long. Wings oblong, longer than the keel, (9-)12-14 x 5-6 mm, with 5-6 rows of sculpturing; apex obtuse or obliquely obtuse; claw 3-5 mm long. Keel shortly rostrate, 8-13 x 4-6 mm, with a broad or narrow basal pocket; claw 4-6 mm long. Pistil short-or long-stipitate; ovary oblong to narrowly ovate; style shorter than the ovary, strongly upcurved; ovules 4-many. Pods obliquely lanceolate, (27-)30-36 x 6-10 mm; upper margin straight; lower margin proximally convex. Seeds narrowly oblong to broadly reniform, 3-5 x 3-4 mm; testa smooth. Mature pods and seeds unknown in subsp. pumila.