annual, diffuse, strigoso-setose; leaves pinnately trifoliolate, petiolate; leaflets linear-lanceolate, longer than the petiole, acute, flat, midribbed, setoso-strigose, the terminal petioled; stipules subulate; racemes spicate, subsessile, shorter than the leaf, several flowered; calyx segments setaceo-subulate, longer than the pubescent vexillum; legumes compressed, falcate, strongly wrinkled, 4–5 seeded, hispid. Root subsimple, with few fibres. Stem much branched from near the base, the branches angular, subsimple, spreading, 6–12 inches long, coarsely strigose. Petioles 4–5 lines long. Leaflets 1 1/2 inches long or more, 1–2 lines wide, strigose on both sides, pale green. Flowers small, hidden among the leaves. Legumes 3/4 inch long, 1 1/2 line wide, compressed between the seeds, curved upwards, pale.