Erect annual or biennial herb to 2 m tall, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Petiole to 4 cm long; leaflets obovate, elliptic or narrow-oblong, 10–30 mm long, 3–12 mm wide, apices rounded or subacute; stipules lanceolate, 2–7 mm long, margins entire. Inflorescences 7–60 cm long, longer than subtending leaves, elongating in fruit; peduncle 4–15 cm long. Flowers 40–100, on pedicels c. 1 mm long; calyx 1.5–2 mm long, 5-veined, teeth shorter than tube; corolla 4–6 mm long, white; standard longest; wings slightly longer than keel. Pod obovoid, 3–5 mm long, slightly compressed, reticulate-wrinkled, mucronate, greyish-brown; seeds 1 or 2, ovoid, 2–2.5 mm long, smooth, light brown. Flowers all year.
LoM, MuM, Wim, VVP, VRiv, RobP, MuF, GipP, OtP, CVU, NIS, HNF, VAlp. Also naturalised WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Tas. Native to Europe, Asia. Widespread but sporadic in Victoria, usually in areas of cultivation and disturbance, and moderately salt tolerant.
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.
