Biennial herbs, glabrous. Stems erect, 20-50(-80) cm, terete, longitudinally ridged. Stipules lanceolate to narrowly triangular, 6-12 mm, base hastate, with 2 or 3 teeth or incised; petiole slender, usually shorter than leaflets; leaflets oblong-lanceolate to suborbicular, 20-30 × 5-13 mm, lateral veins 15-20 pairs, parallel and branching into teeth, prominent on both surfaces, especially obvious near margins, base rounded or cuneate, apex rounded, apiculate. Racemes 3-5 cm, elongated to 8-10 cm when fruiting, scattered 20-50-flowered; pedicels ca. 1.5 mm. Corolla yellow, 3-4 mm; standard slightly longer than wings and keel. Ovary narrowly ovate; ovules 2. Legume globose to ovoid, 4-5 × 2-2.5 mm, veins reticulate, gibbous on ventral suture, brown. Seeds 1 or 2, olive-green, globose, ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. Jun-Sep, fr. Jul-Oct.
Wet or saline meadows, woodland edges, river banks and as a ruderal plant in fields, also sometimes found in woods and in steppe and semi-desert areas.
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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