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Leaves <em>c.<\/em> 3 cm, alternate, bipinnate, with petiole 0.5-1.5 cm, with a gland, petiole and rachis hairy, the latter with 3-6(12) pairs of pinnae \u2014with 1 gland at the insertion of the upper pinnae\u2014, each with (3)5-16 pairs of leaflets 3-6 \u00d7 1-1.5 mm, oblong, rounded at the apex, subsessile, hairy or glabrous, green. Inflorescences in spherical capitula, 7-12 mm in diameter, axillary, solitary or in fascicles of up to 4, pedunculate \u2014peduncle up to 1.3 cm, tomentose\u2014, with numerous minute flowers, white or creamy white, sometimes with a pinkish hue. Calyx <em>c. <\/em>1.5 mm, with hairy teeth. Corolla<em> c. <\/em>3 mm. Stamens numerous. Pod 5-13 cm \u00d7 12-15 mm, linear, pendulous, straight, attenuated at the base and mucronate at the tip, not constricted between the seeds, compressed, with longitudinal striations and a discolourous winged margin -wing 1.5-2.5 mm-, brownish or reddish-brown, hairy, dehiscent, with 5-12 seeds. 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