Dwarf shrub, with annual shoots from woody base, up to 300 mm high; procumbent. Leaves trifoliolate, with upper surface of mature leaflets glabrous; stipules much smaller than leaflets. Flowers: 4-many per inflorescence; bracts congested at apex of peduncle, broadly obovate, > 4 mm wide; paired bracteoles invariably present, relatively large and conspicuous, > 2 mm long; corolla yellow; Nov.-Jan. Pods small, scarcely longer than calyx.