Shrub, dwarf shrub or perennial herb, up to 2 m high. Leaves 3-5-digitate; leaflets narrowly obovate, appressed-pubescent; stipules 0. Flowers: inflorescence 2-5(-10)-flowered, terminal on lateral branches; peduncles with leaves at their bases; calyx short (< half length of keel), with short, acute lobes; corolla with standard pubescent at apex, yellow; Nov.-Mar. Pods linear, 2.5-4.0 mm in diameter.
Inflorescence a terminal raceme, very rarely leaf-opposed, 2-5(-10)-flowered. Calyx short, 3-4 mm long, scarcely bilabiate, with short acute lobes. Leaves 3-5-digitate; leaflets narrowly oblanceolate, appressedly pubescent. Stipules absent. Fruit linear, 2.5-4 mm wide, (3-)5(-7)-seeded. Seed round to oblong in lateral view, olive-green to dark green, often mottled yellow and green.