Xiphotheca phylicoides A.L.Schutte & B.-e.van Wyk

Many-stemmed shrub up to 1.2 m tall, sprouting from a woody rootstock after fire. Leaves alternate, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, with strongly revolute margins, sparsely sericeous on adaxial surface, soon becoming glabrous, densely sericeous on abaxial surface. Inflorescences borne along main branches; peduncle 1.5-2.5 mm long. Bracts linear to narrowly elliptic, 3-4 mm long. Pedicel 3.5-5.0 mm long. Bracteoles ± 0.5 mm long, caducous. Calyx not intrusive at base; lobes acuminate, ± as long as the tube; carinal lobe as long as lateral lobes; densely pubescent. Wing petals weakly auriculate; pocket inconspicuous on outer surface. Ovary with 2 ovules; densely pubescent. Immature pods laterally compressed; pubescent. Seeds unknown.