Shrubs to 2 m tall. Old branches yellowish brown to grayish brown. Leaves pinnate, 10-14-foliolate; petiole and rachis tender, 2-3(-6.5) cm, persistent; leaflet blades ovate-oblong to oblong, 5-7 × ca. 2.5 mm, all equal in size, both surfaces pubescent, apex acute. Flowers solitary. Pedicel 2-3 mm, articulate basally. Calyx reddish brown; tube tubular, 7-10 mm. Corolla yellow, 2.2-2.3 cm; standard obovate, apex ± rounded; wings with claw longer than 1/2 to slightly shorter than limb, auricle ca. 1 mm; keel with claw longer than limb, auricle inconspicuous. Ovary densely pubescent. Legume lanceolate, ca. 2.5 cm, outside pubescent, inside glabrous. Fl. Jun, fr. Jul-Aug.