Pearsonia aristata (Schinz) Dummer

aristata: bearing a long bristle-like point; aristate

Erect, spreading or sometimes prostrate perennial herb. Stems numerous, branched, up to 1.5 m long, more or less densely covered in appressed to spreading hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate, somewhat leathery; leaflets oblanceolate-elliptic, up to 30 mm, hairy when young only; margin entire often thickened. Flowers in lax clusters at the ends of main and short lateral branches, bright yellow, fading to orange. Pods 2-3 cm, narrowly oblong, pointed, straight or slightly curved, pubescent.

E Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Northern Province, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, S Africa