Botanical name

Aspalathus juniperina subsp. juniperina

Family

Fabaceae
Aspalathus juniperina subsp. juniperina
Aspalathus juniperina subsp. juniperina
Aspalathus juniperina subsp. juniperina

Description

Sprawling or prostrate shrublet, with branches up to 1m long. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets sub-terete, awl-shaped, straight or incurved, glabrous; flowers 1-3(-5) at tips of branches, pale-yellow, sometimes partly reddish; standard sepal incurved on sides, wing sepals glabrous, keel strongly upcurved, glabrous; calyx glabrous with zig-zag veins. Plants commonly seen on edges of path and on slopes.

Habitat

Mountain slopes

Flower Date

August to October