Leaflets 5–11, alternate or subopposite, 4–20 × 0.5–4 mm, narrowly elliptic to linear-oblanceolate, rounded to acute at the apex, cuneate, glabrous on upper surface, pubescent beneath; rhachis 5–25 mm long.
Umbels 2–8-flowered; peduncle 1.5–8 cm long with a bract resembling the leaves situated near the middle or, less often, towards the apex; pedicels 2–3 mm long, bearing small bracteoles towards the apex.
Fruit c. 7–12 mm long, the articles 2–2.5 mm in diameter, shining, glabrous, with reticulate venation.
Corolla yellow or orange; standard limb 1.5–2 × 2.5 mm, oblate, brown-veined, the claw 1.5–2 mm long.
Spreading or, more rarely, erect pubescent annual herb 0.2–1.2 m tall, with a well-defined taproot.
Ovary glabrous, c. 4 mm long including the 1 mm long stipe; style scarcely 1 mm long.
Calyx pubescent, the hypanthium and tube each c. 1 mm long; teeth 2–3 mm long.
Seeds dark brown, 1.5 mm in diameter.