Botanical name

Aspalathus retroflexa subsp. retroflexa

Family

Fabaceae
Aspalathus retroflexa subsp. retroflexa
Aspalathus retroflexa subsp. retroflexa
Aspalathus retroflexa subsp. retroflexa
Aspalathus retroflexa subsp. retroflexa
Aspalathus retroflexa subsp. retroflexa
Aspalathus retroflexa subsp. retroflexa

Description

Sprawling shrublet with branches to 1m long. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets subterete, awl-shaped, often curved near tip, weak, sometimes hairy; flowers solitary at tips of branchlets, yellow, standard, wing and keel partly dark violet, purple or red, wings usually glabrous, keel glabrous, calyx shortly hairy.

Habitat

Mountain and lowlands, 100-300m

Flower Date

September to March