Botanical name

Aspalathus aspalathoides

Family

Fabaceae
Aspalathus aspalathoides
Aspalathus aspalathoides
Aspalathus aspalathoides
Aspalathus aspalathoides
Aspalathus aspalathoides
Aspalathus aspalathoides

Description

Erect shrublet up to 40cm. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets linear-lanceolate,10-20mm long, flat, glabrous or thinly hairy; flowers bright yellow in terminal heads, often partly reddish on the standard, hairy keel and silky calyx with tapering, awl-shaped lobes.

Often seen along the paths.

Habitat

Lowland fynbos, up to 400m

Flower Date

October to January