Leaves 8–42-foliolate; leaflets 3.5–17 × 1.5–5 mm, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse to emarginate and mucronulate at the apex, oblique at the base, glabrous; main nerve ± central; venation very prominent beneath; petiole and rhachis together 1.5–11 cm long, glabrous or slightly pubescent; petiolules 0.3 mm long; stipules 5–26 × 1.5–4 mm, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, mostly appendaged on one side or subcordate, leaf-like, glabrous, persistent.
Inflorescences axillary or terminal, sometimes branched, few–several-flowered; peduncle 1.2–2.5 cm long, glabrous to puberulous; rhachis 2.5–8 cm long; pedicels 3–5.5(12 fide Léonard) mm long, glabrous to puberulous; bracts, 4–5 × 2–2.5 mm, ovate to ovate-elliptic entire or with a few small teeth at the apex, soon falling; bracteoles 2.5–4 × 0.7–1 mm, ovate-lanceolate, soon falling.
Fruit of 1–3 articles joined by very narrow necks, each article semicircular, 5.5–7 × 4.5–5.5 mm, glabrous, reticulate, the margins thickened.
Standard bright yellow, 9–12 × 4–5 mm, violin-shaped, emarginate; wings bright yellow; keel petals greenish, not laciniate.
Erect subshrub, 7–40 cm tall, with many stems from a woody rootstock, flowering after burns.
Calyx glabrous, 2-lipped; lips 5–7 × 3–4.5 mm, ovate, one 2-lobed the other 3-lobed.
Stems glabrous or sparsely pubescent with tubercular-based hairs.
Seeds not seen.