Shrubs, erect, 0.4-1 m tall. Branches stout, densely yellow tomentose. Leaves 1-foliolate; petiole 4-5 cm, yellow tomentose; blade ovate or broadly ovate, 4-12 × 6-10 cm, both surfaces shortly tomentose, base shallowly cordate, apex obtuse, not mucronate. Racemes terminal, 13-20 cm, simple or once branched at base, densely shortly yellow tomentose. Pedicel 1-1.2 cm at fruiting, with grayish yellow spreading hairs. Calyx 4-5 mm; upper 2 lobes connate above middle. Corolla pale red or white, 5-6 mm; standard obovate; wings ca. 5 × 1-2 mm, base auriculate; keel obtuse, clawed. Ovary 2-or 3-ovuled; style enlarged from apex to middle, 8-10 × as long as ovary. Legume brown, with short hairs, 2-or 3-jointed. Seeds reniform, ca. 2 × 1.5 mm. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Aug-Sep.
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