Botanical name

Aspalathus lebeckioides

Family

Fabaceae

Status

Vulnerable

Description

Decumbent shrublet with branches 30-70cm long. Leaves 1-foliolate, needle-like, basally with a constricted portion, glabrous or shortly hairy; flowers 1(-5) on branch ends, yellow or standard tinted violet or purple, wings and keel glabrous, calyx sparsely short-hairy, lobes triangular.

Habitat

Lowland fynbos or renosterveld, 500-680m

Flower Date

October to November

Threatened plant Species
Identification

CR    Critically Endangered 
EN  Endangered  
VU  Vulnerable
NT   Near Threatened 
R Rare