suffruticose, procumbent, albo-hirsute; branches flexuous, roughly hairy; leaves pinnate; leaflets 9–15, elliptic-oblong, open or concave, albo-hirsute on both sides; stipules lanceolate; racemes spicate, cylindrical, dense, hoary, on long peduncles; bracts minute; calyx hirsute, its lobes setaceo-subulate; petals glabrous, small; legumes (immature) terete, slightly curved, deflexed, several seeded, albo-hirsute. Stems robust, 2–3 feet long, spreading widely. Whole plant densely clothed with loosely spreading, longer or shorter, white hairs; the stems, peduncles and petioles roughly villoso-hirsute. Leaves 1–1 1/2 inch long, patent. Leaflets 4–5 lines long, 2–3 wide. Peduncles 2–3 times as long as the leaves; the spike 1–1 1/2 inch long. Calyces very hoary. Unripe legumes an inch long, 3/4 line in breadth.
