| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Hoffmannseggia viscosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Hook. & Arn. trib. Caesalpinieae |
| Bibliography | Bot. Misc. 3: 209 (1833) |
| Native Range | sw. Colombia to n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 1500-3000m |
| Description | leaves long, glandular petiolate, ternate, each leaflet with 5 pairs of segments, ovate, glabrous, white glandular, flowers few, large, outside red |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Caesalpinia egena (J.F.Macbr.) J.F.Macbr. Caesalpinia ternata (Phil.) J.F.Macbr. Caesalpinia viscosa (Ruiz & Pav.) J.F.Macbr Hoffmannseggia falcaria var. glandulosa Hook. Hoffmannseggia ternata Phil. Hoffmannseggia viscosa var. egena J..F.Macbr. Larrea viscosa Ruiz & Pav. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |