Herbs, perennial, 15-20 cm tall. Stems numerous, abbreviated, inconspicuous. Stipules triangular, 8-10 mm, connate farther than middle. Leaves 6-10 cm, 9-13-foliolate; leaflet blades ovate to ovate-elliptic, 6-9 × 3-5 mm, abaxially densely appressed pilose, adaxially sparsely pilose. Racemes dense, broadly ovoid, with many flowers; bracts lanceolate, 6-8 mm; peduncle conspicuously longer than leaves. Pedicel ca. 1 mm. Calyx campanulate, 8-10 mm, sericeous; teeth subulate-lanceolate, 2-2.5 × as long as tube. Corolla pinkish purple; standard broadly obovate, 1.7-2 cm; wings ca. 1/4 as long as standard; keel dark purple at apex, slightly shorter than standard. Ovary pilose. Legume not seen. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Aug-Sep.
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