Perennial erect or decumbent herb, 0.6–2 m. long, sometimes with short stolons but this may not be a constant feature. Stems covered with spreading tubercular-based hairs. Leaves fasciculate, 16–34-foliolate; leaflets linear-oblong, 2–4.5 mm. long, 0.75–2 mm. wide, rounded or subacute at the apex, obliquely rounded at the base, glabrous or sparsely bristly on the main nerve beneath; margins ciliate; basal nerves 2–5, the main one submarginal; petiole 1–5 mm. long; rhachis 0.6–2.5 cm. long; petiolules very short; stipules lanceolate, 5–9 mm. long, 1–1.5 mm. wide, acuminate, scarious, brown, glabrous, sparsely ciliate, persistent. Inflorescences dense, axillary, few-flowered, subsessile, 0.5–1 cm. long; peduncle 3 mm. long; pedicels 2–4 mm. long; bracts ovate-triangular, 5 mm. long, 1–2 mm. wide, acuminate, glabrous or puberulous and with some tubercular-based hairs on the margins and principal nerves; bracteoles lanceolate, somewhat falcate, 4–6 mm. long, 1–2 mm. wide, acuminate, puberulous and ciliate with tubercular-based hairs. Calyx sparsely pubescent with tubercular-based hairs, 2-lipped; lips 4–5.5 mm. long, the upper lip shortly divided into 2 rounded or acute lobes, the lower deeply divided into 3 ovate-elliptic, subacute or acute lobes. Standard probably yellow, obovate, 4–5 mm. long, 2–2.2 mm. wide, emarginate, glabrous. Ovary glabrous, 2-ovuled. Pods of l(–?2) articles, 2 mm. long and 1.5 mm. wide, glabrous. Seeds blackish, not seen ripe.
