Herbs winter annual. Stems sprawling or climbing, slender, 2–8 dm. Leaves 2–6 cm; ten­drils simple or branched (absent on proximal leaves); stipules foliose, semisagittate, without nectariferous patch; leaflets 2 or 4 proximally, 4–8 distally, blades ovate proximally, linear distally, 5–30 × 1–5 mm, apex obtuse to acute, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences 1- or 2-flowered, 1–5 cm, ± shorter than subtending leaf rachis. Flowers 5–8 mm; calyx base symmetric, lobes unequal, shorter than tube; corolla pale blue to lavender, banner pandurate, blade equal to claw, glabrous; style compressed adaxially, pubescent apically. Legumes red­dish brown, narrowly oblong-falcate, 15–30 × 4–5 mm, apiculate, glabrous; stipe absent. Seeds 6–8, blackish purple, subglobose, 2 mm diam.; hilum encircling 5/8 circumference of seed.

Phenology: Flowering Apr–May.
Habitat: Mesic woodlands, limestone soils, disturbed sites.
Elevation: 0–500 m.

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Okla., Tenn., Tex.

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