Subshrub. Stem and leaves villous with short appressed and long erect hairs. Leaves 0.8-5 cm long; leaflets 4-6 x 2-3 mm, oblong-elliptic, widely spaced or imbricate, apiculate; stipules 2-4 mm long, ovate to broadly-ovate, sub-caducous. Pedicel equal to or longer than the subtending leaf. Sepals sericerous, 5-8 x 1.5-2 mm, lanceolate, acute. Petals 1-1.75 x 0.5-1 cm, obovate, pale to bright yellow. Stamens 10, sometimes 8 or 9. Ovary densely hairy, with straight hairs. Fruit 1-1.5 cm wide, densely hairy between the wings; wings 7-10 x 3-5 mm, subentire, or dentate or deeply divided. Seeds 1-3, 3-6 x 0.75-1 mm.