Herba caespitosa, basi lignosa; radix verticaliter descendens, fusiformis, vix fibrosa, 2.5 mm. crassa; caules plurimi, conferti, adpresse prostrati, ad 5 cm. longi, undique adpresse breviter strigillosi, demum glabrati, fusci. Folia trifoliolata; petiolus gracilis, foliolis aequalis; foliola perbreviter petiolulata, obovato-cuneata, rotundata, emarginata aut recurvo-mucronata, 2-5 mm. longa, 1.5-2 mm. lata, subtus parce adpresse breviter strigillosa, basin versus costa prominente, supra glaberrima, costa impressiuscula, coriacea; stipula unica, oblique lanceolata, acuta, 1 mm. longa. Flores axillares, solitarii, subsessiles aut breviter pedicellati, pallide citrinei. Calyx 4.5-5 mm. longus, ultra medium 5-fidus, extra adpresse strigillosus, lobis subaequalibus anguste triangularibus. Vexillum breviter unguiculatum, circiter 6 mm. altum, lamina late oblonga subrotundata basi subhastata extra sericula; alae anguste subfalcato-oblongae, 6 mm. longae, rotundatae, basi sagittatae, fere glabrae, unguibus limbo triente brevioribus; carina alis similis sed latior curvatiorque, obtusa, frontem versus parce sericea. Ovarium lineare, fere glabrescens, stylo paene geniculato ovario duplo longiore stigmate oblique subcapitato.
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Perennial herb, very small in habit. Leaves trifoliolate; leaflets obovate, upper surface glabrous, lower surface hairy; stipules single at each node; leaves of vigorous shoots with petioles as long or shorter than leaflets. Flowers: inflorescence terminal on short lateral branches, 1-4-flowered; bracteoles 0; flowers relatively small, up to 8 mm long; standard hairy for a large part of surface, keel densely hairy; corolla pubescent, yellow; Dec.-Mar. Pods slightly inflated, as long or only slightly longer than calyx.
Procumbent suffrutex; branchlets 60-120 mm long, in a rosette with strong woody base and taproot, minutely pubescent. Leaves trifoliolate, with petioles as long or shorter than leaflets, especially on vigorous shoots. Leaflets obovate. Flowers small, up to 8 mm long; yellow. Petals: standard hairy for large part of surface. Flowering time Sept.-Mar. Pod as long or slightly longer than calyx.
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