| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Adesmia caespitosa Phil. trib. Adesmieae |
| Bibliography | Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 1: 16 (1891) |
| Native Range | nw. Argentina to n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3800-4400m |
| Description | glabrous or minutely pubescent, spines simple, leaves 5-8mm, leaflets 3-5-pairs, elliptic or oblong, flowers to 1cm, pedicels sericeous-hirsute, pod curvate |
| Size | 2-5cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C basal cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Adesmia minor var. caespitosa (Phil.) Ulibarri & Burkart Patagonium caespitosum (Phil.) Reiche |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |