Plant: Perennial, shrub-like, finely strigose; stems ascending, clustered, branched, 0.5-1.5 m Leaves: irregularly pinnate to ± palmate, well spaced; stipules gland-like or 0; leaflets 3-4, 0.5-1.5 cm, oblanceolate to obovate; axis (including petiole) 1-8 mm INFLORESCENCE: 1-3-flowered; peduncle 3-6 cm; bract near top or 0 Flowers: calyx 5-8 mm, lobes < tube; corolla 12-22 mm, wings > keel; stamens 10, 9 filaments fused, 1 free; stigma ± glabrous Fruit: legume, slowly dehiscent, spreading or erect, 2-4 cm, oblong, ± straight, much exserted, generally glabrous; Seeds several-many, often ± reniform, generally hard, smooth Misc: Chaparral, desert flats, washes, foothills; < 1550 m.; Mar-May References: Jepson Manual 1993