Annual, up to 35 cm tall, covered with long soft hairs in addition to biramous hairs. Leaf-rhachis c. 20 mm long including a petiole of 2–4 mm. Leaflets 3–7(–9), not or only slightly larger than the ovate-acuminate stipules. Racemes 2-flowered, hidden within large accrescent bracts forming strobili in the leaf-axils. Calyx c. 3 mm long, deeply divided. Standard pubescent. Pods hidden within the bracts, up to 4 x 1.5 mm, pubescent, 2–4-seeded.