Shrub, almost prostrate, to 0.3 m tall, sparsely pubescent except for the inner floral parts, glaucous. Leaves 2-3 cm long including an angular petiole 0.3-0.6 (-1.2) cm long; stipules acicular, subpersistent; leaflets in 2-4 pairs spaced (4-) 6-8 (-15) mm apart, often folded together upwards, broadly elliptic to obovate, 5-12 mm long, 4-12 mm wide, obtuse or rounded, increasing distally; glands 1 or 2, between the lowest pairs of leaflets, usually obscure, sessile, pointed. Inflorescence subumbellate, of 4-5 flowers, in upper axils; peduncle 40-90 mm long; pedicels 10-15 mm long; bracts caducous. Petals c. 10 mm long. Fertile stamens 10; filaments subequal, 0.5-2 mm long; anthers subequal, 3-4 mm long. Pod flat, 4-6 cm long, 10-15 mm wide, straight, entire. Seeds dull.
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