Chamaecrista deserti Pedley

Tufted perennial to 20 cm tall; stems with stiff, straight or curved hairs 0.3 mm long. Leaves narrowly ovate in outline; stipules 1.5-3 mm long; petiole 1-2 mm long; gland with stout stipe 0.1-0.2 mm long; head concave, c. 0.2 mm diam.; rachis 6-17 mm long; leaflets 6-11 pairs, linear, 2.5-4 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, a few stiff hairs beneath; venation usually prominent beneath. Inflorescence 1-flowered, axillary; pedicels 4-6 mm long. Sepals twice as long as petals. Petals 1.3-2 mm long. Stamens 5; anthers 2-2.5 mm long. Ovary appressed-pubescent; style short, flared at tip. Pod to 3 cm long, 3-3.5 mm wide, appressed-pubescent.

Grows in sandy, sometimes poorly drained situations, in semi-arid areas.