Yellow irregular flower approximately 2 dm tall. Flowers in umbels at the end of branches. Growing in scattered patches. Petals irregular, shaped and cupped into a pea-like pod. Alternating compound leaves, arranged into 2 basal and 3 apical entire leaflets.

Found roadside near Beefy's Woods on open hillside thriving in very dry, rocky, packed earth.

Keyed out using Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (1977)