Suffruticose, procumbent, albo-hirsute; branches flexuous, roughly hairy; leaves pinnate; leaflets 9-15, elliptic-oblong, open or concave, albo-hirsute on both sides; stipules lanceolate; racemes spicate, cylindrical, dense, hoary, on long peduncles; bracts minute; calyx hirsute, its lobes setaceo-subulate; petals glabrous, small; legumes (immature) terete, slightly curved, deflexed, several seeded, albo-hirsute.
Sea sands. Open grasslands, in open woodlands, on sand, and also in disturbed habitats such as along roadsides; at elevations up to 1,500 metres.
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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