Shrub to 1.5 m high, with lignotuber. Branchlets terete, with leaf bases not decurrent, not glandular-verrucose, velvety, with stellate and simple hairs. Leaves heterophyllous, trifoliolate and unifoliolate, rarely all unifoliolate; petiole 2–12 mm long, velvety; central (or only) leaflet variable, oblong to elliptic or ovate, (21–) 30–52 (–65) mm long, 5.2–15 mm wide, entire, flat, obtuse; both surfaces not glandular-verrucose; adaxial surface pubescent; abaxial surface velvety, with midrib not glandular-verrucose, pubescent, secondary venation obscure. Inflorescences usually not exceeding leaves, occasionally much longer, 3–21-flowered; inflorescence bracts persistent, (5.2–) 7–14 mm long. Sepals 3–4.5 mm long, pubescent. Petals imbricate, 3.6–5.2 mm long, creamy white, pubescent both sides. Filaments slightly glandular-verrucose towards apex. Cocci not apiculate, not glandular-verrucose, pubescent.