Small erect herb up to 150 mm tall, often resprouting from a perennial woody rootstock after burning in early spring; stems densely clothed with long, white to golden brown (especially on younger parts), appressed to spreading hairs. Leaves exstipulate, sessile to subsessile; leaflets 3, linear to narrowly lanceolate, narrowed to an acute tip, densely white to golden brown, hairy on both surfaces, margin inrolled; mid-leaflet (6-)7-12(-16) mm long, up to 1 mm wide; lateral leaflets 5-8(-12) mm long, up to 1 mm wide. Racemes lax, unbranched, few-flowered, terminal or mostly axillary on lower stems; pedicels up to 3 mm long; bracts ovate, 5-9 x up to 3 mm, persistent; bracteoles linear to narrowly lanceolate, 5-9 x up to 1 mm. Flowers yellow. Calyx 15-20(-22) mm long, densely covered with white appressed or spreading hairs; lateral lobes paired, narrowly triangular, up to 4 mm long; carinal lobe linear, up to 10 mm long; lateral sinus two to four times as deep as upper sinuses. Standard elliptic to broadly ovate, 18-22 x 10-14 mm, lateral margins strongly reflexed, dorsal surface densely hairy in a broad median band from middle of lamina to apex outside, margin crinkled or crisped at apex. Wing petals narrowly obovate, 15-20 x 3-5 mm; sculpturing present, upper middle comprising transcostal lamellae and densely bearded with white to golden brown appressed hairs. Keel petals small, narrow, 14-16 x 2 mm; shallow basal pockets present on outside, up to 0.5 mm deep. Stamens monadelphous; sheath 12-15 mm long, split adaxially to base; anthers 1.5 mm long, alternately basifixed and dorsifixed. Ovary densely white-pilose, many-ovuled; style straight, glabrous; stigma capitate. Fruit and seeds unknown.
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