Erect shrub to 1 m high. Branches quadrangular, not glandular-verrucose, with a sparse to moderately dense stellate indumentum. Leaves 5–13-foliolate, 33–55 mm long, 12–20 mm wide, with a few scattered hairs or a sparse stellate indumentum concentrated on midrib; petiole 6–15 mm long; rachis segments 2–10 mm long; leaflets elliptic, 3–20 mm long, 1–6 mm wide. Peduncle 1–2 mm long; pedicels 2–6 mm long. Sepals ovate-deltate, c. 2 mm long, c. 1 mm wide; abaxial surface with a sparse to moderately dense stellate indumentum. Petals 4–7 mm long, green to white; abaxial surface with a moderately dense stellate indumentum. Cocci glabrous. Seed sclerotesta with unfused tubercles.
Grows in open woodland, forest and heath on loams, sand, or rocky pavements.