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Climber or twiner or ascending herb 0·2–1 m. long, with slender stems from a tuberous rootstock.. Stems glabrescent to densely covered with long silvery or ferruginous adpressed or spreading hairs.. Leaflets 3 (or in some South African variants some unifoliolate leaves also present), narrowly elliptic-oblong to elliptic, round or oblong-lanceolate, 1–5·5 cm. long, 0·3–2·7 cm. wide, acute or subacute and mucronulate at the apex, rounded or slightly subcordate at the base, glabrescent to silky pilose or velvety, obscurely gland-dotted; venation usually very prominent and reticulate, particularly beneath, usually pale and yellowish, at least in dried specimens, particularly above; petiole 0·7–3 cm. long; rhachis 1–6 mm. long; petiolules 0·5–1·5 mm. long; stipules lanceolate, 2·5–6 mm. long, 0·5–2 mm. wide.. Flowers solitary to few in very lax inflorescences; peduncle 1·3–3 cm. long; true pedicels 2–4 mm. long; bracts ovate or lanceolate, ± 1–5 mm. long, 0·5 mm. wide.. Calyx pubescent to silky pilose; tube 2 mm. long; lobes lanceolate, 2·5–8 mm. long, the lowest usually the longest, the upper pair joined for ± half their length.. Standard yellow, flushed reddish, obovate, 0·9–1·2(–1·4) cm. long, 6–8·5 mm. wide, glabrous (or in some Transvaal and Rhodesian variants pubescent); wings yellow; keel greenish-yellow.. Pods falcate-oblanceolate, 1·5–3·7 cm. long, 5–8 mm. wide, narrowed below, apiculate, covered with rather long and shorter pubescence or silky pilose.. Seeds dark red mottled black, reniform, longest dimension 3–4·5 mm., shorter dimensions 2–3·5 mm.
Leaflets 3 (or in some South African variants some 1-foliolate leaves also present), 1–9.5 × 0.3–2.7 cm, narrowly elliptic-oblong to elliptic, round or oblong-lanceolate, acute or subacute and mucronulate at the apex, rounded or slightly subcordate at the base, glabrescent to silky pilose or velvety, obscurely gland-dotted; venation usually very prominent and reticulate, particularly beneath, usually pale and yellowish, at least in dried specimens, particularly above; petiole 0.7–3 cm long; rhachis 1–6 mm long; petiolules 0.5–1.5 mm long; stipules 2.5–6 × 0.5–2 mm, lanceolate.
A climbing herb. It has underground stems or rhizomes. It grows 1 m high. It has a tuberous rootstock and several thin stems. They can be covered with silvery or rusty hairs. The leaves have 3 leaflets. These can be 1-10 cm long by 3 cm wide. The flowers can occur singly or as a few in a group. They are yellow with red. The fruit are pods 2-4 cm long by 1 cm wide. The seeds are dark brown and kidney shaped. They are 3-5 mm long by 2-4 mm wide. There are several different varieties.
Variable, trailing or climbing herb, up to 1 m long; arising from a tuberous rootstock. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate. Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, mostly twice as long as wide, distinctly veined, hispidulous or smooth. Inflorescence a lax, few-flowered raceme. Flowers small, yellow. Flowering time Sept.-Mar., sometimes later.
Calyx pubescent to silky pilose; tube 2 mm long; lobes 2.5–8 mm long, lanceolate, the lowest usually the longest, the upper pair joined for ± half their length.
Flowers solitary to few in very lax inflorescences; peduncle 1.3–3.5 cm long; true pedicels 2–4 mm long; bracts c. 1–5 × 0.5 mm, ovate or lanceolate.
Pods 15–37 × 5–8 mm, falcate-oblanceolate, narrowed below, apiculate, covered with rather long and shorter pubescence or silky pilose.
Standard yellow, flushed reddish, 7–12(14) × 6–8.5 mm, obovate, glabrous or rarely pubescent; wings yellow; keel greenish-yellow.
Trailing or climbing shrub. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, leaflets oblong-lanceolate, hispidulous. Flowers yellow.
Stems glabrescent to densely covered with long silvery or ferruginous appressed or spreading hairs.
Climber or twiner or ascending herb 0.2–1 m long, with slender stems from a tuberous rootstock.
Seeds dark red, mottled black to ± entirely black, 3–4.5 × 2–3.5 mm, reniform.
