Herb to subshrub; stems erect to ascending from a thick rootstock, puberulent to externally pilose. Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets linear to lanceolate, apically mu-cronate to acute, basally cuneate, the margins ciliate, 4.2-7.2 cm long, 0.7-1.2 cm wide, strigose above, glabrous below, the terminal leaflet exceeding the lateral leaflets; petioles 0.1-0.4 cm long, pilose; stipules lanceolate, connate, strigose externally, 1.0-1.6 cm long, 0.1-0.2 cm wide. Inflorescences not exceeding the leaflets, few-flowered, the peduncle 0.4-1.0 cm long; pedicels 0.4-0.5 cm long; bracts subtending the inflorescence 1.5 cm long, 0.3 cm wide; subtending brac-teoles caducous, 0.5-0.7 cm long, 0.1-0.2 mm wide. Flowers with the calyx 0.4-0.9 cm long, the lobes 0.2-0.7 cm long, the upper lobe the longest, strigose; corolla yellow, 1.0-1.5 cm long, the standard obovate, 1.0-1.3 cm long, 0.7-0.8 cm wide, auriculate at the base, the claw 1.0 mm long, the wings oblong 1.0-1.1 cm long, 0.3-0.4 cm wide at the largest point, the claw 0.3-0.4 cm long; stamens 0.8-1.1 mm long, the vexillary stamen free; ovary sericeous. Fruit ovate, 1.2-1.5 cm long, 0.5-0.7 cm wide, externally strigose; seeds ovoid, 2.0-4.0 mm long. 1.0-2.0 mm wide, black brown mottled.
Grassy savannahs or exposed hillsides, often in pine forest; at elevations from 200-1,500 metres. Savannah, woodland savannah, borders of dry forest and areas of human disturbance.
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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