Habitat: bank, clay, cliff, coast, dry, gravel, gully, hill, lowland, margin, open, pasture, riverbed, roadside, rock outcrop, sand, sheltered, shrubland, terrace, track, wasteland

Dispersal: Seed

 Recognition
  • an upright shrub or small tree (1-6 m tall) with drooping branches.
  • its branches, leaf undersides, flower sepals and fruit are softly hairy.
  • its leaves (up to 7 cm long) are compound with three elongated leaflets (10-50 mm long and 4-16 mm wide).
  • its white or cream coloured pea-shaped flowers (14-17 mm long) are borne in small dense clusters.
  • its fruit are elongated and flattened pods (4-6 cm long and 8-12 mm wide) that turn brown or black when mature.

[From: Environmental Weeds of Australia]

 References
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.