Planta fere toto glabra, e basi lignescente perenni, caulibus paucis decumbentibus vel ascendentibus gracilibus teretiusculis parce foliatis ad 18 cm. longis. Folia ascendentia, trifoliolata, omnino glabra; petioli foliolis aequilongi vel duplo longiores, supra sulcata; foliola obovato-lanceolata, cuneata, rotundata, mucronata, intermedia 9-14 mm. longa, 2.5-3.3 mm. lata, lateralia breviora, subcoriacea, mox glabra, supra costa impressa, subtus costa prominula nervis lateralibus obsoletis; stipulae binae, arrectae, subulatae, circiter 4 mm. altae. Capitulum oppositifolium, 5-8-florum, floribus ochraceis; pedunculus ad 3 cm. altus, pedicellis cum calycibus parce sericeis 6-7 mm. longis. Calycis dentes deltoidei, subulati, vix 1.5 mm. excedentes. Vexillum brevissime unguiculatum; lamina reniformi, circiter 1 cm. lata; alae graciliter unguiculatae, toto 8-9 mm. longae, limbis oblonguisculis rotundatis basi fere attenuatis; carina alis similis sed lamina late naviculari rotundata basi truncata. Ovarium dorso hirtellum, stylo valde arcuato glabro.
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Perennial herb or suffrutescent. Leaves trifoliolate. Leaflets oblanceolate, adaxial surface glabrous. Stipules paired, shorter than petioles. Inflorescences umbellate with larger flowers (in comparison to L. carnosa). Calyx lobes narrowly triangular. Flowering time Aug.-Oct.
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