HABIT	A POLYMORPHIC, MUCH-BRANCHED, SUBERECT, PERENNIAL HERB.
STEMS	USUALLY 30-60 CM TALL; BRANCHES SPREADING, GLABROUS OR SPARSELY PILOSE.
LEAVES	LEAVES IMPARIPINNATE, 5-15 CM LONG; PETIOLETS 6-12 MM LONG. LEAFLETS 7-12, NARROW, ELLIPTIC TO OBLANCEOLATE, APEX OBTUSE OR RETUSE, MUCRONATE, BASE ACUTE OR CUNEATE, 2-2.8 CM LONG AND 0.8-1.3 CM WIDE, GLABROUS ABOVE, SILKY PUBESCENT BENEATH, WITH NUMEROUS CLOSELY PARALLEL VEINS.
FLOWERS	PINK, RED OR PURPLE, 4-9 MM LONG, BORNE IN MANY FLOWERED, LEAF-OPPOSED RACEMES.
FRUITS	PODS SLIGHTLY CURVED, COMPRESSED, GLABRESCENT, DEHISCING BY BOTH SUTURES, 3-5 CM LONG AND 4 MM WIDE, CONTAINING 4-10 SEEDS.
SEEDS	4 MM LONG, SUBORBICULAR, COMPRESSED, GREENISH-GREY TO DULL BROWN, SMOOTH