| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Adesmia melanthes Phil. trib. Adesmieae |
| Bibliography | Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 1: 18 (1891) |
| Native Range | s. Peru to n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 3200-4200m |
| Description | spinose, leaves small, 6mm, fasciculate, leaflets 2-4 pairs, only 1-2mm long, flowers subsessile amongst leaves, calyx hispid, lobes much shorter than tube |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Patagonium melanthes (Phil.) Reiche |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |