Erect herb up to 350 mm high, arising from a short vertical rootstock with constricted outline; lateral branches very constricted, horizontal. Stems up to 10, covered in semi-patent, downward pointing hairs and short appressed hairs. Leaves trifoliolate; terminal leaflet 45-65 x 25-30 mm, elliptic; laterals 38-55 x 16-20(-27) mm, gibbous, length-breadth ratio 1.4-2.0; densely covered in fine erect silky hairs; lower surface covered with numerous small yellow glands, margins and veins appressed hairy, finely pubescent between; upper surface dark green, lower pale green. Stipules 15-18 mm long, up to 6-8 mm wide, free, green, erect, clasping the stem. Racemes axillary, 30-60-flowered, hidden by the leaves during anthesis but elongating thereafter. Flowers 12 mm long, pale orange, equal in length to the subtending bracts. Calyx 7 mm long, lobes equal, tube 2 mm long, teeth triangular, covered in golden patent hairs. Standard 11 mm long, up to 6-7 mm wide, narrowly obovate, auriculate, clawed, apex truncate; back red with darker venation and packed with yellow glands, inside pale orange with red venation and yellow nectar guide. Wing petals 10 x 2.3 mm, claw 3 mm long; auriculate, triangular; exceeding the keel blades; pale pink with red venation and with a few small yellow glands and hairs along the main vein. Keel petals lined with red along the lower margins, densely covered with yellow glands. Staminal sheath 7 mm long, tenth stamen free. Pistil 7-8 mm long; ovary silky; height of curvature 2 mm; stigma large, capitate. Fruits 15 x 10 mm, very shortly beaked, bracts still persistent during fruiting; constricted, clothed in 2-3 mm long reddish hairs. Seeds unknown.
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