Shrublets or perennial herbs, 5-15 cm tall. Stems abbreviated, inconspicuous, sometimes ligneous at base. Stipules triangular-lanceolate, 4-6 mm, connate farther than middle. Leaves 3-10 cm, 7-11(or 13)-foliolate; leaflet blades ovate-oblong to narrowly elliptic, 6-8 × 2-4 mm, abaxially densely appressed pilose, adaxially sparsely pilose. Racemes dense, oblong or capitate, with many flowers; bracts 2-3 × as long as pedicel; peduncle conspicuously longer than leaves. Pedicel ca. 1 mm. Calyx shortly campanulate, 7-8 mm, sparsely pilose; teeth lanceolate-subulate, 2-3 × as long as tube. Corolla pinkish purple; standard obovate, 1.2-1.4 cm; wings ca. 1/4 as long as standard; keel ± as long as standard. Ovary pubescent. Legume divided into 2 or 3 articles; articles subglobose, 3-4 mm in diam., inflated, with hyaline scales, usually papillate prickly, margin inconspicuously thickened. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug.
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