shrubby, erect, densely much branched; branches tomentose; leaves sessile, bi-trijugate; leaflets close, linear-subcuneate, with prominent midrib and strongly revolute margins, recurvo-mucronulate, albo-puberulous above, tomentose and canescent beneath, the terminal sessile; stipules minute, subulate; racemes on very short peduncles, as long or twice as long as the leaf, canescent, pluriflowered; bracts minute; calyx canescent, its lobes broadly subulate; petals albo-sericeous; legumes short, few seeded, turgid, tomentose. A strong, rigid, densely branched bush, 1–2 feet high, more or less tomentose. Common petiole 3–4 lines long, the leaflets scarcely a line apart. Leaflets 4–6 lines long, 1–2 lines wide, rarely flat, usually with strongly revolute margins. Racemes rarely longer than the leaves, few or several flowered. Flowers purple, 3 lines long. Legumes 6–7 lines long, terete, 1 1/2 line in diameter.
