Xiphotheca reflexa (Thunb.) A.L.Schutte & B.-e.van Wyk

Many-stemmed prostrate to straggling shrub up to 0.5 m tall, sprouting from a woody rootstock after fire. Leaves alternate, ovate to lanceolate, flat, densely sericeo-tomentose on both surfaces, glabrescent. Inflorescences scattered along main branches, partly concealed by supporting leaves; peduncle absent. Bracts linear, 5-8 mm long. Pedicel 2.5-3.0 mm long. Bracteoles minute, caducous. Calyx not intrusive at base; lobes acuminate, much longer than the tube; carinal lobe longer than the upper four, almost as long as the keel petals; densely sericeous. Wing petals auriculate; pocket inconspicuous on outer surface. Ovary with 5-7 ovules; densely sericeous. Pods laterally compressed; densely villous. Seeds brown, mottled black.