Herbs biennial or short-lived perennial, 60–160 cm. Stems erect. Leaves: stipules subulate-setaceous, 5–8 mm, margins entire; leaflet blades linear to lanceolate-oblong, oblong-ovate, or cuneate, 20–40 × 4–10 mm, margins subentire or dentate. Racemes 15–50-flowered. Pedicels 2 mm. Flowers 5–7 mm; corolla yellow; ovary appressed-pubescent. Legumes obovoid or elongated-ellipsoid, 3.5–5(–6) mm, reticulate-veined, areoles not notably elongated transversely, appressed-pubescent. Seeds usually 2, ovoid or ellipsoid, 2–2.5 mm. 2n = 16 (Eurasia).

Phenology: Flowering early summer–fall.
Habitat: Waste places, roadsides.
Elevation: 0–1000 m.

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Introduced; Greenland, N.B., N.S., Ont., Ill., Maine, Mich., N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Wis., Europe, introduced also in South America, Asia.

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