A resprouting shrub to 60 cm tall. Stems many, branching near the base, cracked, yellowish-brown to black, scurfy; seasonal shoots leafy, rest of plant without leaves, twigs pubescent with prominent raised shiny glands. Leaves trifoliolate, petiolate, symmetrical; terminal leaflet 13-16 x 4-6.5 mm, obovate; laterals slightly smaller; stem leaflets larger, 20-30 cm long, 8-13 mm wide; apex obtuse, base cuneate; prominently covered in variously sized, raised, crateriform, shiny orange glands (in dried state), about the same number and pattern on both surfaces, raised on lower, flush on upper; glabrous; petiole 2-3 mm long, petiolule 1 mm long. Stipules 2-3 mm long, subulate, appressed. Inflorescences axillary on short seasonal shoots, peduncle 3-5 mm long, comprised of 1-2 triplets of shortly pedicellate flowers, each triplet subtended by a single 1-1.5 mm long, oblong, multi-toothed, flabellate, 1-2 mm long bract with blunt apex. Flowers 9 mm long, white, nectar guide absent. Calyx % the length of the corolla; lobes equal, 4-5 mm long, tube 3.5 mm long; teeth triangular, apex acute, much shorter than tube; ribs prominent, glandular over entire surface, black pubescent. Standard 9-10 x 7-8 mm, claw < 1 mm long; elliptic, white with green basal nectar guide, apex emarginate, auricle scarcely developed. Wing petals 8.5-10 x 2.5-3 mm, claw 2.5-3 mm long, auriculate; sculpturing present, upper basal and central, comprised of 25-50 inter-and intracostal interlocking lamellae. Keel petals 7-8 x 2-3 mm, claw 3-3.5 mm long. Androecium 7 mm long, pseudomonadelphous, vexillary stamen has an undulating surface; sculpturing upper central, comprising 30-35 transcostal lamellae. Pistil 7 mm long, ovary 2.5 mm long, hirsute, gynophore 1 mm long, height of curvature 1.5-1.8 mm, entasis best developed before point of flexure, stigma capitate. Fruits and seeds unknown.
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