Leobordea globulosa (B.-e.van Wyk) B.-e.van Wyk & Boatwr.

Prostrate annual up to 0.4 m wide. Branches sparsely leafy, densely to sparsely hirsute. Leaves invariably 3-foliolate, (5-)8-16(-32) mm long; petiole as long or usually longer than the terminal leaflet; leaflets comparatively small, oblanceolate to obovate, (3-)5-10(-14) x (1-)3-4(-6) mm, base cuneate, apex rounded or rarely emarginate, abaxial surface sparsely hirsute, adaxial surface glabrous. Stipules single at each node, lanceolate to oblong, 3-6 x ±1 mm. Inflorescences in terminal heads, the heads globose, 8-20-flowered; peduncle variable in length, usually short, 5-25 mm long; bracts large, very broadly ovate, (4-)7-10 x (4-)7-10 mm; bracteoles absent. Flowers relatively small, 9-10 mm long, yellow; pedicel absent. Calyx subequally lobed but with the two upper lobes slightly wider than the lower lobes, the sinuses of + equal depth; lobes narrowly triangular, acute. Standard suborbicular, as long as the keel or slightly shorter; claw ±4 mm long; lamina 5-6 x 5-8 mm, without lobes or callosities, pubescent over most of the abaxial surface. Wing petals oblong, ± as long as the keel, pubescent along the apex; auricle small, ±0.5 mm long; apex obtuse; sculpturing in 4-5 rows of intercostal lunae, fading into transcostal lamellae towards the auricle. Keel petals obovate, only slightly auriculate; claw ±4 mm long; lamina 4-6 x 3-4 mm, pubescent over most of the surface; apex rounded. Androecium long and narrow; anthers dimorphic; basifixed anthers oblong, slightly longer than the small ovoid dorsifixed anthers; carinal anther similar to dorsifixed anthers. Gynoecium sessile; pistil very small, ovoid-oblong, pubescent, with 5-9 ovules; style long and slender. Pods very small, ovoid, ±4 x 2.5 mm, much inflated laterally, totally indehiscent, enclosed by the persistent and much-inflated calyx; upper suture minutely verrucose, 2-3-seeded. Seeds suborbicular, ±1.5 mm in diameter, testa minutely but densely tuberculate.