Lotononis acocksii buds and flowers

The three centrally folded leaflets of a Lotononis acocksii leaf show the slight size dominance of the middle leaflet, as well as the rounded tips of about all leaflets. Long petioles are the order of the day in picture, while the leaflet trios start jointly at the petiole tips. 

The long-peduncled, erect inflorescences vary in number of flowers. Green sepal coverage decreases on the buds as the corollas lengthen, disappearing from sight when the yellow corollas take charge.

The wing petals are nearly horizontal on the flanks of the narrow keels, spreading about as widely as the banner petals above them.

The youngest leaf growth is a fresh, yellower green than mature leaf colour but only for a while (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2015; iNaturalist).