Erect pyrophytic herb with many unbranched stems (10–)18–32 cm. tall from a spreading woody rootstock; forming colonies after burning.. Stem of 2–3 internodes, sparsely leafy, the foliage mostly developing after the flowers are well developed, spreading pubescent.. Leaflets (1–)3, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, 1·5–11·5 cm. long, 0·45–3 cm. wide, obtuse or subacute at the apex, ± rounded at the base, pubescent on both surfaces and with scattered glands beneath; venation raised beneath; petioles 1–3 mm. long; rhachis 1–3 mm. long; petiolules 0·5–1 mm. long; stipules lanceolate, 0·6–1·2 cm. long, 1·5–2 mm. wide, pubescent, veined.. Racemes axillary and terminal, some from near ground-level, lax; rhachis 3–9 cm. long, the intervals between individual flowers or flower-pairs 0·5–3 cm. long; peduncle ridged, 1·5–14 cm. long; pedicels 2 mm. long, very deflexed; bracts deciduous, linear or ± lanceolate, 2–5 mm. long, 0·5–1 mm. wide, pubescent and glandular.. Calyx spreading pubescent and glandular, 3–5 mm. long; lobes lanceolate or narrowly triangular, mostly longer than the tube.. Standard pale to orange-yellow, usually tinged or veined with gold, russet or apricot outside, obovate or obovate-elliptic, 0·6–1·2 cm. long, 3–7 mm. wide, very sparsely or finely pubescent and with scattered glands outside.. Pods ovate-oblong, 1·3–1·7 cm. long, 0·8–1 cm. wide, apiculate, covered with long hairs, short hairs and glands.. Seeds not seen.
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