Perennial herb, stem covered with persistent raches. Leaf paripinnately compound, rachis c. 15-25 mm long, petiole c. 15-25 mm long; leaflets 8-10, c. 5-7 mm long, c. 2 mm broad, oblanceolate, conduplicate, tip spiny, acute. Flower in leaf axil, sessile. Bracts c. 7-9 mm long, densely pilose above. Calyx c. 14-15 mm long, teeth c. 7-8 mm long. Vexillum c. 13 mm long. Wing c. 12-13 mm long. Keel c. 12 mm long. Fruit sessile, c. 5 mm long, c. 3 mm broad, pilose, dehiscent, 2-seeded.

Fl.Per.: May.

Holotype: Kurram valley, 5000 ft., shingle, 31.5.1880, J.E.T.Aitchison 15 (BM). Cotype (K).

Distribution: Pakistan (N.W.F. Province).