Both Ohio FG1 and Ohio FG2 have purple flowersers and gray pubescence. Pods are brown at maturity. Seedcoats are dull yellow. Seed of Ohio FG1 has a yellow (clear) hilum, although buff- and gray-hilum variants have been observed. Such variants are permitted to constitute a maximum of 1.0% of the variety. Seed of Ohio FG2 has a gray hilum, but variants having imperfect black or buff hila may be observed at a frequency of up to 0.1%.
Both varieties have a relatively bushy, indeterminate plant habit. Leaflets are large and dark green. Seedcoats of both varieties are characterized by high peroxidase activity.
Both varieties have larger seed than any public varieties currently produced in Ohio. Data on seed weight are provided in the next section. Mature plant height of Ohio FGI and Ohio FG2 is similar to that of 'Chapman' and 'Resnik'. Shattering resistance of Ohio FG1 and Ohio FG2 is good, similar to that of Beeson 80.