Perennial herbs, 20-60(-80) cm. Stem erect or ascending, terete, branching at base, yellow pubescent when young. Leaves 3-foliolate; stipules broadly lanceolate, incised; leaflets broadly obovate, (7-)10-25 × (4-)7-15 mm, sparsely pilose abaxially, glabrous adaxially, base cuneate, margin sparsely serrate, apex obtuse or truncate, apiculate. Flowers 5-8(-10) in short racemes; peduncle slender and axillary, 1-2 cm, after flowering prolonged to 2-3 cm, straight; bracts minute; pedicels 1.5-2.5 mm. Calyx 3-4 mm; teeth lanceolate, shorter than tube. Corolla yellow, 6-9 mm; standard suborbicular, equal to wings; keel ca. 1/2 length of wings. Ovary as long as style; ovules 8-10. Legume oblong, 14-20 × 4-5 mm, glabrous, veins prominent, oblique, base rounded, apex acute, with persistent style. Seeds 4-6, brown, ellipsoid, ca. 2.5 × 1.5 mm, smooth. Fl. and fr. Jun-Sep.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 20-60 cm tall. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are broadly oval and 10-25 mm long by 7-15 mm wide. There are 5-8 flowers in a group. They are yellow.
It is a temperate plant. In the Indian Himalayas it grows between 2,100-4,500 m above sea level. It suits cold arid places.
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