Prostrate or semi-prostrate shrub, multistemmed from a lignotuber. Branchlets usually pilose and hirsutellous admixed. Stipules oblong to widely ovate. Pinnae 2 or 3 pairs, 3-7 mm long (proximal pinnae), 7-20 mm long (distal pinnae); petiole normally 1-2 mm long; rachis 3-10 mm long; pinnules 2 or 3 pairs (proximal pinnae), 3-7 pairs (distal pinnae), 4-6 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, revolute, hirsutellous to shortly pilose; gland on rachis commonly midway between pinnae, sessile, not prominent. Inflorescences simple, 1 per axil; peduncles 15-25 mm long, usually pilose; heads globular, 20-28-flowered, light golden. Flowers 5-merous; sepals c. 3/4-united; petals striate, hirsutellous at apex. Pods 2-5 cm long, 6 mm wide, glabrous or pilose. Seeds (few seen, immature) ±longitudinal; aril narrowly clavate, ±as long as seed.
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