Virgate shrub to 2 m tall; young stems moderately puberulous to tomentose or glabrescent to glabrous. Leaves 30-150 mm long, densely to sparsely pubescent to puberulous, minutely tomentose to sericeous or glabrescent to glabrous; petiole 2-20 mm long; petiolule 0.5-2.0 mm long, from puberulous, tomentose, villous or sericeous to glabrescent to glabrous; stipules narrowly triangular to subulate, 2-4.mm long, from puberulous, tomentose, villous or sericeous to glabrescent to glabrous, usually persistent, apex acute to filiform; leaflets 8-24, shape variable within and among plants, suborbicular to elliptic or slightly oblong to elliptic-ovate or obovate-elliptic, 3-25 x 3-17 mm, base subcordate to obtuse, apex retuse to acute, mucronate to blunt. Inflorescence upright or pendulous, racemose, rarely paniculate, 30-200 mm long, densely to sparsely pubescent from puberulous, villous, tomentose or sericeous to glabrescent to glabrous, 10-100-flowered; bracts oblong-ovate to triangular, 2 mm long, puberulous, tomentose, villous or sericeous to glabrescent or glabrous, persistent, apex irregularly dentate or acute; bracteoles usually absent. Hypanthium 1.0-1.5 mm long. Calyx 2.0-4.5 mm long, moderately puberulous, tomentose to shortly sericeous, or glabrescent to glabrous, base intrusive; lobes 0.5-1.5 mm long. Petals: standard suborbicular to slightly obovate-oblong, 4-5 x 4-6 mm, apex not reflexed; pollen guides with red and brown flecks, rarely with larger, blood-red patches flanking midvein, or absent, claw 2.5-4.0 mm long, glabrous; wing falcate-oblong, 5.0-6.5 x 2.5-3.5 mm, upper basal region sometimes pocketed, sculpturing absent, claw 3.0-4.5 mm long; keel 4.0-5.0 x 2.5-3.5 mm, apex acute to blunt, claw 2.5-4.0 mm long. Stamens fused at base of staminal sheath, glabrous. Ovary 4 mm long, minutely sericeous along sutures or throughout; stipe 1 mm long; ovules 5-8; style 2.5 mm long. Fruits 20-50 x 5-9 mm, 1-4-seeded, coriaceous to crustaceous, puberulous or minutely sericeous to glabrous, mid-to dark brown, venation moderately prominent; upper suture wing absent or less than 1 mm broad. Seeds 5.0-6.0 x 2.5-4.0 mm. Flowering time: November to May.
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Virgate shrub, up to 2 m high; stems moderately puberulous to glabrous when young. Leaves 30-150 mm long, densely to sparsely pubescent; petioles 2-20 mm long. Leaflets 8-24, shape variable within and among plants. Stipules narrowly triangular to subulate, usually persistent. Inflorescences upright or pendulous, usually racemose, 30-200 mm long, 10-100-flowered. Hypanthium 1.0-1.5 mm long. Calyx 2.0-4.5 mm long, base intrusive; lobes 0.5-1.5 mm long. Petals bright yellow; standard suborbicular, apex not reflexed. Stamens fused at base of staminal sheath, glabrous. Flowering time Dec.-Apr.
Shrub, up to 1 m high; appressed silky in all parts. Leaves with blade 30-150 mm long; leaflets 8-24, 3-25 x 3-17 mm. Flowers: in a panicle, 30-200 mm long, 10-100-flowered; bracts oblong-ovate to triangular; hypanthium 1.0-1.5 mm long; calyx lobes straight; filaments glabrous; corolla < 10 mm long when dried, yellow; Nov.-Apr. Pods 20-50 x 5-9 mm.
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