These leaves are glossy, obovate, and imparipinnate, with their maximum width being above the middle and often larger extremities.

The pale yellow flowers are arranged in groups of 1 to 5, and measure 14–20 millimetres (0.55–0.79 in) long.

These plants are hermaphroditic and entomophilous, and their flowering period extends from April through July.

This plant occurs in northeastern Spain and in central Mediterranean countries up to northern Europe and to Asia Minor and Tunisia.

These shrubs are usually found in wooded and bushy areas, on sunny, warm and dry slopes and around forest edges.