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Fruit of 4–7 articles, each article 5.5–7 × 2.5–4 mm, ± semicircular or subtriangular, narrowly joined near upper margin, densely covered with hooked hairs rendering them very adhesive.
A legume. It is a herb or small shrub. It has rhizomes 1.5 m long. The side leaves are 16-50 mm long by 10-33 mm wide. The fruit is triangle shaped and 5-7 mm long by 3-4 mm wide.
Prostrate or sprawling subshrubby herb 0.6–2 m long with ascending flowering stems from a stout rootstock.
Stems covered with hooked hairs rendering plant harshly adhesive.
Corolla pale mauve or pink turning blue on fading, or white.
Inflorescences terminal and axillary, up to 30 cm long.
Calyx tube 3 mm long; lobes 2.5 mm long.
