Botanical name

Aspalathus serpens

Family

Fabaceae

Common Name

Creeping Pea
Aspalathus serpens
Aspalathus serpens
Aspalathus serpens
Aspalathus serpens
Aspalathus serpens
Aspalathus serpens

Description

Procumbent shrublet with creeping branches to 1m. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets awl-shaped, sub-terete-angular, rigid, spine-tipped, glabrous. Flowers solitary, pale to bright yellow, fading to orange, on wiry peduncles (flower stalks), wings glabrous, keel glabrous, calyx glabrous with longitudinal ridges.

Latin: serpens = creeping; referring to plants growth habit.

 

Habitat

Mountain fynbos, lower slopes, 150-660m

Flower Date

September to February