Japan Flora: Slightly white-pubescent perennial; stems 20-30 cm. long, erect, simple; leaves 6-10 cm. long, on petioles to 2 cm. long, the stipules 10-20 mm. long, obtuse, membranous, green, the leaflets rather thin, 7-11, oblong to narrowly ovate, obtuse, 2-3 cm. long, 1-15 cm. wide, obtuse, glabrous on upper side; ra­cemes densely 5- to 10-flowered, 1-2 cm. long, on peduncles 5-10 cm. long; flowers about 15 mm. long, pale yellow; calyx about 7 mm. long, tubulose, brownish pubescent especially on upper side, the teeth very short, triangular; legumes oblong, puberulent, slightly inflated. July-Aug. Grassy alpine slopes.

Hokkaido, Honshu (centr. distr.); rare. Kuriles, Kamchatka, and e. Siberia.