Plant: Perennial, ± glabrous or strigose; stem decumbent or ascending Leaves: generally odd-1-pinnate, stipules gland-like; leaflets 5, 5-20 mm, linear to obovate, 3 ± palmately arrayed at axis tip, lower 2 stipular in position INFLORESCENCE: umbel, 3-8-flowered; peduncle bracted Flowers: calyx 2-3.5 mm, lobes ± = tube, not outcurved in bud; corolla 8-14 mm, bright yellow; stamens 10, 9 filaments fused, 1 free Fruit: legume, dehiscent, 1.5-3.5 cm, narrowly oblong, ± beaked; Seeds few-several, often ± reniform, generally hard, smooth Misc: naturalized in open, disturbed areas; < 1000 m.; Jun-Sep