suffruticose, minute, diffuse, much-branched, villoso-pubescent; stipules oblong, solitary; leaflets small, on short petioles, obovate or cuneate-oblong, thinly silky; flowers solitary, on very short pedicels, opposite the leaf; calyx silky, deeply cut, its lobes acuminate, much shorter than the petals, nearly of equal length, the lowest subulate; vexillum obovate-acuminate, sub-ciliate or villous, about equalling the arched, obtuse, glabrous or villous carina; pod thinly hairy, scarcely longer than the calyx, somewhat turgid. Root woody; stems 3–6 inches long, spreading on the ground. Pubescence very variable. Leaflets mucronulate. Nearly allied to L. tenella, but with a shorter calyx, pedicels, and more glabrous corolla.
