Procumbent annual, or perhaps sometimes perennial, herb forming mats up to 1 m. across; hairs fine, biramous, appressed.. Stipules filiform, up to 3 mm. long; leaf-rhachis 8–15 mm. long, including the 2–4 mm. petiole, prolonged 1–2 mm. beyond the lateral leaflets; leaflets 5 or, more often, 7, cuneate-obovate, the terminal rather larger than the others, not above 8 mm. long and 4 mm. wide.. Racemes 4–8-flowered, including a peduncle of 2–4 mm. not longer than the subtending leaf-rhachis; bracts persistent, ± 1 mm. long; pedicels 2–3 mm. long.. Corolla dull red, caducous.. Stamens ± 1.5– 2 mm. long, about as long as the deeply divided calyx.. Fruit 2.5–4 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, 1–2-seeded.. Seeds orange, oval, flattened, 1.5 mm. long.. Fig. 36/1, p. 221.
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