Herbs, prostrate, 5-20 cm, densely silky pilose. Stipules absent. Leaves simple; petiole very short; leaf blade ovate to elliptic, 3-8 × 2-4 mm, abaxially densely pilose, adaxially glabrous, base obtuse, apex acute. Racemes terminal, short, (1-)3-5-flowered; bracts lanceolate. Pedicel 3-5 mm; bracteoles inserted at base of calyx tube, similar to bracts. Calyx 2-lipped, ca. 6 mm, very densely silky pilose; abaxial 3 lobes lanceolate; adaxial 2 lobes broadly lanceolate. Corolla bright yellow; standard oblong to suborbicular, ca. 6 mm, apex barbate; wings oblong, ± as long as standard; keel slightly longer than standard, upcurved, beak rather blunt. Ovary subsessile. Legume cylindric, ca. 1 cm, 10-20-seeded. Fl. May.
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