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Perennial herb attaining 0·6 m., branched and spreading.. Branches mostly trailing or prostrate, sometimes suberect, 0·3–0·9 m. long, pubescent to densely shaggy with ferruginous hairs.. Leaflets 3, ovate, elliptic, rhomboid or almost round, the laterals somewhat oblique, 1·2–6 cm. long, 1·3–1 cm. wide, acute to usually rounded at the apex, rounded at the base, softly pubescent and with orange glands on both surfaces; petiole 0·6–3·3 cm. long; rhachis 1·5–9 mm. long; petiolules 1–2 mm. long; stipules linear or lanceolate, 7–11 mm. long, 1·5–2·5 mm. wide, hairy outside, closely veined.. Racemes with flowering part (1–)2·5–7 cm. long, 1–1·5 cm. wide; peduncle (3–)4–20 cm. long, ferruginous hairy; pedicels ±1·5 mm. long, recurved; bracts 2–4 mm. long.. Calyx pubescent with adpressed silvery hairs, glandular, 2·5–4·5 mm. long; lobes triangular, acute or somewhat blunt, shorter than or equalling the tube.. Standard yellow with dark purple or reddish-brown guide lines inside or flushed, oblong-obovate, 5–7 mm. long, 2·5–4·2 mm. wide, sparsely pubescent along middle outside or glabrescent, with orange-yellow glands; wings yellow; keel greenish-yellow, with numerous orange-yellow glands apically.. Pods oval-oblong, 10–11 mm. long, 5–7 mm. wide, covered with long ferruginous hairs and also with fine pubes-cence as well.. Seeds oblong, liver-coloured with purple speckling, chestnut or blackish, longest dimension 3·2–3·8 mm., shorter dimension 2·2–2·5 mm., 1·5 mm. thick; rim-aril white.
Suffruticose, erect or ascending, the stem, petioles and long peduncles shaggy with rusty, deflexed hairs; leaves petiolate, leaflets 3, elliptic-oblong, obovate, or ovate, pubescent above, rather paler.and more silky but reticulately veined beneath; stipules lanceolate, free; peduncles elongate, shortly and densely spicato-racemose at the summit; calyx segments shorter than the tube; vexillum puberulent; legume shaggy. Stems 1-2 feet high, branching, woody at base, more or less hairy. Stipules membranous, brown, narrow, 2-3 lines long. Lower petioles 1 inch, upper 1 inch or more long. Leaflets 1 1/2-2 inches long, 3/4-1 inch wide, mostly elliptic, varying to obovate and oblong; in some varieties ovate. Peduncles 3-6 inches long, the raceme 1-1 1/2 inch long. Flowers subsessile, strongly reflexed, 3-3 1/2 lines long. Calyx scarcely 1 line long, pubescent; the lobes broad, about equal in length. Vexillum minutely downy. Legume 6 lines long, 3-4 wide, very shaggy with foxy hairs.
Perennial, spreading suffrutex, arising from a horizontal woody rootstock, 0.15-0.60 m high; stems up to 1 m long, thinly white pubescent or densely shaggy, densely leafy. Leaves unifoliolate at base. Leaflets 20-62 mm long, elliptic or wide elliptic, sometimes almost suborbiculate, narrow obovate, base rounded, apex obtuse to rounded, finely pubescent on both surfaces. Flowers yellow, 5-6 mm long. Calyx lobes half length of flower, pubescent with short appressed hairs. Petals: wings shorter than keel; keel densely glandular. Pod shaggy with red-brown hairs. Seeds khaki with purple flecks, chestnut or black.
Leaflets 3, 1.2–6 × 1–3.1 cm, ovate, elliptic, rhombic or almost round, the laterals somewhat oblique, acute to usually rounded at the apex, rounded at the base, softly pubescent and with orange glands on both surfaces; petiole 0.6–3.3 cm long; rhachis 1.5–9 mm long; petiolules 1–2 mm long; stipules 7–11 × 1.5–2.5 mm, linear or lanceolate, hairy outside, closely veined.
Standard yellow with dark purple or reddish-brown guide lines inside or flushed, 5–7 × 2.5–4.2 mm, oblong-obovate, sparsely pubescent along middle outside or glabrescent, with orange-yellow glands; wings yellow; keel greenish-yellow, with numerous orange-yellow glands apically.
Calyx pubescent with appressed silvery hairs, glandular, 2.5–4.5 mm long; lobes triangular, acute or somewhat blunt, shorter than or equalling the tube.
Racemes with flowering part (1)2.5–7 × 1–1.5 cm; peduncle (3)4–20 cm long, ferruginous hairy; pedicels c. 1.5 mm long, recurved; bracts 2–4 mm long.
Branches mostly trailing or prostrate, sometimes suberect, 0.3–0.9 m long, pubescent to densely shaggy with ferruginous hairs.
Seeds liver-coloured with purple speckling, chestnut-brown or blackish, 3.2–3.8 × 2.2–2.5 × 1.5 mm, oblong; rim aril white.
Pods 10–11 × 5–7 mm, ovate-oblong, covered with long ferruginous hairs and also with fine pubescence as well.
Perennial herb, branched and spreading to 0.6 m tall, or sometimes erect to 1.5 m tall.
