Plant: Annual 1-5 dm, short-appressed- and long-spreading-hairy Leaves: palmately compound, generally cauline, petiole 2.5-7 cm; leaflets 6-10, 10-40 mm, 5-10 mm wide, upper surface glabrous INFLORESCENCE: raceme, 4-24 cm; flowers spiraled, sometimes appearing ± whorled; peduncle 2-6 cm; bracts 4-8 mm, generally persistent; pedicels 2-4 mm Flowers: 7-10 mm; calyx 3-6 mm, 2-lipped, lips ± equal, upper lip deeply lobed; banner centrally grooved, sides reflexed, wing tips slightly fused, keel generally pointed; banner, wings dark pink to magenta, drying blue-purple or whitish, banner spot yellowish, becoming darker magenta, upper margins of keel glabrous, lower margins ciliate near claw; stamens 10, filaments fused, 5 long with short anthers, 5 short with long anthers; style brushy Fruit: legume, 1-2 cm, ± 5 mm wide, dehiscent, generally oblong, coarsely hairy, often on 1 side of inflorescence axis; Seeds 4-6, often ± reniform, smooth Misc: Sandy washes, open areas; < 1100 m.; Mar-May References: Shreve & Wiggins, 1964.J.C. Hickman, ed. The Jepson Manual.