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Corolla yellow; standard shortly clawed, the limb c. 8 mm in diameter, ovate to subcircular, retuse at the apex, sericeous on the back; wings slightly shorter than the standard, narrowly clawed, the limb oblong, asymmetrical at the base, with series of folds between the upper veins; keel ± as long as the wings, much incurved, obtuse at the apex.
Leaves usually densely arranged on short shoots, more spaced along the young shoots; leaflets subequal, up to 8(12) × 4(5) mm, oblanceolate to elliptic-obovate, acute or subacute at apex, cuneate at base, often with the edges incurved, usually densely sericeous beneath, sparsely so above; petiole shorter than the leaflets; stipules small.
Calyx silky-hirsute; upper lip c. 6 mm long, deeply 2-lobed with the lobes triangular-ovate; lower lip longer than the upper one, deeply 3-lobed with the lobes narrowly triangular to linear.
Pod up to 24 × 7 mm, narrowly oblong, straight with a short downward pointing beak, compressed, sparsely pilose or sometimes glabrescent, rough with glandular tubercles.
Stems much branched, leafy, ± densely pilose, ultimately with the cortex flaking off longitudinally.
Stamens c. 9 mm long; anthers glabrous, the long ones 0.6 mm long and the short ones 0.2 mm long.
Ovary densely silky hairy and glandular; style c. 4 mm long, glabrous; ovules 3–8.
Inflorescence terminal, contracted, racemose, few-flowered.
Seeds 2–8, up to 2 mm in diameter.
A shrub up to 6 ft. or more high
Shrub up to 4.5 m high, erect.
Shortly bristly fruits.
Yellow flowers
