Stems mostly to c. 50 cm long. Leaves 2.5–7 cm long; leaflets variable, obovate to linear, mostly 1–6 mm wide, obtuse to emarginate. Calyx (5–)7–12 mm, teeth subulate, shorter than tube; corolla 8–20 mm long. Pod 2.5–5 cm long, 4–6 mm wide, not constricted between seeds, very dark brown to black, usually glabrous; seeds globose, 2.4–4 mm long. Flowers mainly Aug.–Nov.
LoM, MuM, Wim, VVP, VRiv, MuF, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, MonT, VAlp. Naturalised all States except NT. New Zealand.Scattered throughout much of Victoria where introduced as a fodder plant.
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.
