Plant: Annual forb to 20 cm; stems sometimes prostrate Leaves: leaves alternate, compound, pubescent; leaflets lance-ovate, <1 cm long INFLORESCENCE: umbel, axillary, 1-flowered, ± sessile Flowers: flowers orange, axillary, calyx 3-6 mm, lobes 1-2 X tube; corolla 5-9 mm, wings ± = keel; stamens 10, 9 filaments fused, 1 free Fruit: legume, dehiscent, ascending, 6-12 mm, generally 3-4 mm wide, oblong; Seeds few, often ± reniform, generally hard, smooth Misc: Grassland, oak and pine woodland, desert flats and mtns, roadsides; < 1700 m.; Mar-Jun References: Jepson Manual 1993