Prostrate, closely leafy herb, sometimes climbing up to 0.3 m high, densely silky hairy throughout. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate. Leaflets widely ovate to suborbicular, often with pellucid gland dots on undersurface. Stipules conspicuous, widely ovate. Inflorescence a few-flowered raceme only slightly longer than leaves. Flowers yellow with red veins on standard petal. Flowering time. Sept.-Feb.(-Apr.).