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Leaves 2-foliolate (rarely 4-foliolate); leaflets subsessile, 7–27 × 7–18 mm, obliquely obcordate, the main nerve dividing the blade into very unequal parts, the smaller part two-thirds to the same height as and one-twelfth to two-thirds the width of the larger part, cuneate, glabrous, entire or sparsely and very finely denticulate, sometimes only at the apex; petiole 4–20 mm long; stipules 9–28 × 6–20 mm, elliptic, obovate or deltoid, obtuse at the apex, unequally auriculate at the base, leaf-like, entire or finely ciliate-denticulate, glabrous, persistent.
Inflorescences 8–15-flowered; peduncle 2–7 mm long, densely hairy; rhachis 3–6 cm long; pedicels 3–4 mm long; bracts yellow-green, 11–17 × 10–18 mm, split for one-seventh to one-half of their length into 2 obtuse to acuminate, apiculate, entire or denticulate lobes, glabrous; bracteoles 2–3 × 0.5–1 mm, lanceolate, entire, glabrous.
Stems tufted, woody, ± densely pubescent with hairs which are not or scarcely bulbous-based, but glabrescent towards the base; rootstock massive, woody.
Standard cream to orange-yellow, 9–11 × 4–4.5 mm, panduriform; wings pale yellow.
Fruit of 1 article, 5–6.5 × 4.5–5 mm, semicircular, glabrous.
Erect herb or subshrub 20–40 cm tall.
Calyx 7–9 mm long, glabrous.
