Plant glabrous or nearly so; stems to 50 cm long. Leaflets less than 3 times as long as wide; terminal 3 obovate, 4–12 mm long, 2–6 mm wide, apices obtuse and mucronate. Calyx 5–6.5 mm long; corolla 9–13 mm long; standard ovate, long-clawed, apex acute. Pod 1.5–4 cm long, 1.5–3 mm wide. Flowers Nov.–Apr.
VVP, VRiv, MuF, GipP, WaP, Gold, CVU, NIS, HSF, HNF, OtR, MonT, VAlp. Also naturalised SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Tas. Native to Europe, Asia, northern Africa. Scattered widely throughout much of Victoria, mostly in grasslands and woodlands on damp sandy soils.
Source:
Jeanes, J.A. (1996). Fabaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 663–829. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
