Crotalaria agatiflora Schweinf.

Woody subshrub, 1–2 m high; twigs glabrous, rounded. Lvs glabrous, 3-foliolate; petiole c. 30–120 mm long; stipules inconspicuous; leaflets broadly elliptic, mucronate or obtuse, 20–70 mm long; petiolules ± equal, c. 2 mm long. Infl. terminal, on a stout peduncle; racemose with numerous fls; pedicels 10–15 mm long; bracts foliaceous, deciduous; bracteoles attached to pedicel, filiform, persistent, 4–6 mm long. Calyx glabrous, the upper and lateral teeth on each side connate to tip or nearly so, and so calyx appearing 3-toothed; calyx teeth much > tube. Standard strongly reflexed, yellowish green, ovate; wings 1/2 as long as keel; keel rounded into a short darkened straight beak, 35–60 mm long. Pod glabrous, cylindric, stipitate, many-seeded, 7–10 cm long; seeds pale brown, 6–7 mm long.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Aug.–May.