Medicago glomerata Balb.

Erect or ascending, perennial herb; stems moderately to densely clothed in appressed hairs above, almost glabrous or sparsely hairy below. Lvs moderately to densely hairy on petioles and undersurface of leaflets, glabrous above; petioles 2–20 mm long; leaflets narrowly obovate to elliptic, obtuse and mucronate, cuneate to obtuse at base, irregularly serrate near apex, uniform in colour, 6–15–(20) mm long; terminal petiolule 2–5 mm long; lateral petiolules up to 1 mm long; stipules broadly ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, entire or irregularly serrate. Infl. with (6)–8-numerous fls; peduncles moderately to densely hairy, > petioles; pedicel < or ± = calyx tube. Calyx moderately hairy; calyx teeth triangular, acuminate, ± = tube. Corolla yellow, 6–10 mm long. Pod moderately hairy, coiled in 11/2–3 turns with a hole through the centre, veined but not spiny, 3–5 mm diam., many-seeded; seed yellow-green to brownish, 2–2.5 mm long.

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