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Prostrate
herb with ascending stem tips; leaves opposite, once-pinnately
compound, even-pinnate; leaflet shape variable in detail, but
generally oblong-elliptic with acute apices and asymmetric bases,
especially so on the terminal leaflets; flowers axillary; petals
yellow or pale orange; fruits spiny.
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