Inflorescence a strictly leaf-opposed raceme, 1-2(-4)-flowered. Calyx long, 5-8 mm long, deeply bilabiate, with acuminate lobes. Leaves 3-digitate; leaflets narrowly oblanceolate, appressedly pubescent. Stipules often present. Fruit linear, 3-4 mm wide, (3-)7(-9)-seeded. Seed round to oblong in lateral view, brown, often mottled black.
Leaflets 6–16 × 2–3 mm, narrowly oblanceolate, pointed to shortly rounded and minutely apiculate, appressed pubescent beneath; stipules minute and inconspicuous but generally present.
Pods 30–45 × 3–4 mm, pubescent along the sutures or more generally, (3)6–8(9)-seeded.
Seeds 2.5–3 mm long, round to oblong in lateral view, brown, often mottled black.
Racemes leaf-opposed on short lateral branches, up to 1 cm long, 1–2(4)-flowered.
Flowers similar to D. reflexus, but calyx sometimes a little longer, 5–8 mm long.
Habit as D. reflexus.