Japan Flora: Dif­fuse, procumbent perennial; stems slender, rather firm, sparsely branched, short spreading whitish pubescent; leaves petioled, the stipules ovate to oblong-ovate, acute, 1-1.5 mm. long, appressed, caducous, the stipels obsolete, the rachis 2-5 mm. long, the leaflets subcoriaceous, broadly obovate or ellip­tic, 2-2.5 cm, long, 13-30 mm. wide, rounded at both ends or recuse at apex, with slightly incurved margins, grayish pubes­cent; racemes few-flowcred, 2-4 cm. long, loose, slender, spreading-pubescent, the bracts ovate, caducous, the pedicels 1.5-3 mm. long, the bracteoles at the base of the calyx, ovate, acute, about 1 mm. long; calyx 4-5 mm. long, 5-lobed, puberu- lous, the upper pair wholly connate, the lateral lanceolate, acute; petals 13-15 mm. long, pale reddish purple; legumes flat, short-beaked at apex, 2-3 cm. long, 6-7 mm. wide, ap- pressed-puberulous, 3- to 4-seeded, the seeds ellipsoidal, slightly compressed, about 5 mm. long. Aug. Sunny gravelly slopes near seashores.

Kyushu (Tanegashima); very rare. Ryukyus. The typical phase has the leaflets glabrous on the upper side.