Erect perennial, 30-60 cm tall, branches sparsely pubescent. Leaflets 11-19, c. 1.5-4.5 cm long, c. 1-2 cm broad, oval, elliptic to ovate, without prominent glands on the lower surface. Inflorescence a raceme up to 20 cm long. Calyx teeth c. 3 mm long. Corolla blue to violet, 9-12 mm long. Fruit 1.5-2.5 cm long, c. 4-5 mm broad, eglandular, without echines, 1-6-seeded.

Fl.Per.: May June.

Type: Herb.Linn. 916/3 (LINN).

Distribution: Pakistan [(N.W.F. Province, Baluchistan) Burkill, Work. List Fl.Pl. Baluch. 1909]; Afghanistan; Persia; Iraq; Syria; Palestine; Turkey; Greece; Austria; Italy; France; Spain.