Botanical name

Aspalathus acuminata subsp. acuminata

Family

Fabaceae
Aspalathus acuminata subsp. acuminata
Aspalathus acuminata subsp. acuminata
Aspalathus acuminata subsp. acuminata
Aspalathus acuminata subsp. acuminata

Description

Erect shrub, varying in height, from 20cm to 3m, depending on habitat; branches ending in leafless thorns. Leaves  3-foliolate, leaflets awl-shaped, terete or angular, often slightly recurved, spine-tipped, glabrous; flowers 1-5 on thorny branches, pale or bright yellow or orange, standard sometimes partly violet, keel shortly hairy, calyx adpressed-hairy, lobes triangular, spine-tipped.

Habitat

Mountain and lower slopes

Flower Date

August to March