Medicago scutellata

Prostrate or ascending annual herb; stems 20–70 cm long, moderately to densely hairy; hairs glandular. Leaflets obovate to elliptic, 10–30 mm long, 5–22 mm wide, margins serrate almost throughout, upper surface glabrous, sometimes with darker flecks, lower surface appressed-hairy, apex rounded or subacute with a terminal tooth; stipules to c. 15 mm long, dentate, both surfaces hairy. Inflorescence 1–3-flowered; peduncle 0.5–1.5 cm long, equal to or shorter than subtending petiole. Pedicels to c. 2 mm long; calyx c. 4 mm long, teeth equal to or longer than tube; corolla yellow; standard 6–7 mm long; wings slightly shorter than keel. Pod with 5–8 coils, ellipsoid to cupular, 3–9 mm long, 7–14 mm diam., sparsely glandular hairy, spineless; coil edge thin; face reticulate-veined; submarginal veins absent; seeds 4–6, to c. 6 mm long, yellow-brown. Flowers Aug.–Feb.