Stem suberect, 60-100 cm tall, glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Stipules lateral, foliaceous, 15-32 mm long, glabrous. Leaf pinnately compound, rachis (including petiole) (3)-5-14 cm long, glabrous, petiole 10-32 mm long. Petiolule c. 1 mm long, pilose; leaflets 4-10, 3.2-8.5 cm long, 13-40 mm broad, elliptic, entire, obtuse, mucronate, glabrous above, puberulous below. Inflorescence an axillary, pedunculate raceme. Peduncle 5-12 cm long. Pedicel 2-4 mm long. Calyx c. 9 mm long, glabrous, cup oblique, teeth unequal, upper c. 0.5 mm long, lower c. 3 mm long. Corolla cream or rose-pink, turning yellow and then orange. Vexillum 23-30 mm. Wing 21-22 mm. Keel c. 22-23 mm. Fruit 4.8-6.0 cm long, 7-8 mm broad, glabrous.

Fl.Per.: June-September.

Lectotype: Ganges valley near Jangla, 8000-9000 ft., 13.7.1883, J.F. Duthie 1016 (B-not seen). Type number (K).

Distribution: Pakistan; Kashmir; India; Central Asia; Europe.