HABIT	AN ANNUAL OR PERENNIAL LEGUME.
STEMS	BRANCHES PROSTRATE, DIFFUSE, TRAILING, GLABROUS OR PUBESCENT. STIPULES PELTATE, SOMETIMES SPURRED, OVATE, 4 TO 15 MM LONG.
LEAVES	TRIFOLIATE. PETIOLE 3.7 TO 7.5 CM LONG. LEAFLETS 1.2 TO 2.5 CM LONG, USUALLY AS WIDE, GENERALLY THREE LOBED, LOBES SIMPLE, VARIOUS, OBLONG OBTUSE OR SUBACUTE, GLABROUS TO SUBGLABROUS.
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCE A FEW-FLOWERED RACEME; FLOWERS YELLOW.
FRUITS	PODS CYLINDRICAL, 2.5 TO 5.0 X 3 MM, GLABROUS TO SPARINGLY PUBESCENT, 6- TO 12-SEEDED.
SEEDS	DARK REDDISH BROWN ,OFTEN GREENISH BROWN, WITH BLACK PATCHES.