Perennial herbs, shrubby, 30-80 cm tall, with glandular and simple hairs. Stem straight, longitudinally ridged, much branched, unarmed. Leaves 3-foliolate, at apical part of stem 1-foliolate; stipules 6-10 mm, equal to petiole; terminal leaflet ovate to broadly oblong, 15-30 × 5-15 mm, subsessile, base rounded to broadly cuneate, apex acute, lateral leaflets ca. 1/2 length of terminal one, glandular and villous on both surfaces, more dense abaxially. Flowers in dense, terminal, leafy racemes, (1 or)2 at nodes; pedicel short. Calyx 8-12 mm; teeth 3-4 × as long as tube. Corolla red with purple stripes, rarely white, 10-20 mm. Legume broadly oblong or ovoid, ca. 7 × 5-6 mm, hidden in calyx, apex slightly reflexed. Seeds 2-4, tuberculate. Fl. and fr. Jun-Aug.
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A shrub. The stem is erect. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are 1-2.5 cm long by 5-15 mm wide. They are broadly oval. The flowers are in a group at the ends of branches. The flowers are in pairs at each node. They are pink. The fruit is a pod 6-9 mm long. It has 1-3 seeds.
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