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Leaves rather closely arranged, estipulate, sessile, 3-foliolate; leaflets 6–20 × 1.5–6(8) mm, oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic-oblong, with the apiculum slightly recurved and the margins flat to slightly inrolled, appressed to spreading pilose on both surfaces, sometimes sericeous.
Standard broadly elliptic or obovate-elliptic, yellow, often tinged reddish or purplish veined, sericeous at least towards the apex outside; wings exceeding the keel; keel 3.5–5 mm long, abruptly rounded, with a short straight or slightly incurved pointed beak.
Flowers numerous, solitary or in small very shortly stalked clusters terminal on main and very reduced lateral branches or axillary; bracts 2–4 mm long, linear to linear-lanceolate; bracteoles at the top of the short pedicel, small.
Low bushy herb or small shrub, up to 20–80 cm tall, with a well developed system of branches covered in a tomentum of short ± appressed to long fine mostly spreading hairs.
Pod practically sessile, 5–7 mm long, shortly ovoid-ellipsoid to oblong-ellipsoid, pilose outside and also inside at least along the lower suture, 2–4-seeded.
Calyx 4.5–6 mm long, densely hairy; lobes narrowly attenuate-triangular to oblong-triangular, c. 3 times as long as the tube.
Seeds c. 3 mm long, obliquely oblong-cordiform, smooth.
