Broom-like shrub, 1–3 m high. Adult shoots leafless, flattened, ridged, spreading and drooping. Leaves on juvenile shoots imparipinnate; leaflets 3–5, oblong to obovate, 0.7–2 (–3) cm long, 0.4–1.5 (–2.5) cm wide, apically rounded, emarginate. Inflorescence racemose, 2–5-flowered. Flowers white with purple markings, sweetly scented. Calyx somewhat obliquely campanulate, c. 2.5 mm long; teeth c. 0.5 mm long. Standard petal orbicular, 6–7 mm long; wings and keel c. 4–5 mm long. Pods ellipsoidal, flattened, 10–12 mm long, glabrous, with thickened margins; style persistent; dehiscing by 2 valves falling away leaving seed attached to replum. Seeds kidney-shaped, c. 3 mm long, pale orange.
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