Botanical name

Aspalathus macrantha

Family

Fabaceae

Status

Endangered

Description

Erect shrub or small tree, 2-4m. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaf bases forming small, blunt spurs, leaflets subterete, slender, sparsely hairy; flowers 1(-4), clustered at branch tips, large, bright yellow or with reddish shades, standard with densely hairy calluses, wings glabrous, keel glabrous, calyx silky.

Habitat

Mountain slopes, 200-350m

Flower Date

September to November

Threatened plant Species
Identification

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