Herbs, 5-8 cm tall, acaulescent, from a much-branched multiheaded caudex, tuft-or mat-forming, clothed with marcescent stipules, sericeous. Stipules membranous, adnate to petiole. Leaves 5-7 cm; leaflets verticillate, in 12-18 whorls, 4-8 blades per whorl, arranged on opposite sides of rachis; leaflet blades oblong to linear, 3-12 × 1-2.5 mm, softly lanate-pubescent, apex obtuse. Racemes compact, a broad ovoid head, many flowered; peduncle shorter to slightly longer than leaves, densely spreading lanate. Calyx cylindric, 11-12 × 3-3.5 mm; lobes triangular-lanceolate, ca. 2 mm. Corolla reddish pink to purple; standard 2-2.5 cm, lamina ovate-orbicular and 1-1.2 cm wide, apex rounded to barely emarginate; wings 1.8-2 cm, lamina longer than claw; keel 1.5-1.6 cm, beak ca. 2 mm. Legume ovoid-oblong, 12-14 × ca. 6 mm, slightly inflated, thinly leathery, ± 2-locular, softly lanate. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. unknown. 2n = 16.
Sandy areas; at elevations from 1,000-1,200 metres. Sands and sand dunes in valley streams and rivers, sandy pine forests.
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Home