Shrub 0.3-0.6 m high, sometimes ±prostrate or spreading by subterranean runners. Branchlet indumentum variable, rarely glabrous. Pinnae 2 or 3 pairs, 2-6 mm long (proximal pinnae), 4-9 mm long (distal pinnae); petiole mostly 1-4 mm long; rachis 1-5 mm long; pinnules (1-) 2 or 3 pairs (proximal pinnae), 2-5 pairs (distal pinnae), ±oblong, 2-6 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, obliquely narrowed at apex, flat to revolute, 1-nerved below, green or grey-green, with indumentum variable; gland on petiole at base of pinnae, sometimes also on rachis, sessile. Inflorescences simple, normally 1 per axil; peduncles 7-15 mm long, hirsutellous to puberulous, sometimes pilose admixed; spikes 5-20 mm long (dry), 25-55-flowered, creamy white to golden. Flowers 5-merous; sepals 1/2-3/4-united, 5-nerved; petals hirsutellous to puberulous. Pods 1.5-3.5 cm long, 3-5 mm wide, puberulous-hirsutellous. Seeds longitudinal to transverse, oblong to elliptic, 2-3 mm long.
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