| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Adesmia sanjuanensis Burkart trib. Adesmieae |
| Bibliography | Darwiniana 12: 128 (1960) |
| Native Range | nw. Argentina (San Juan) |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2300-3000m |
| Description | very spinose, upper branchlets whitish, pubescent, leaves 1-2cm, leaflets 3-8mm, conduplicate, abaxially glandular, flowers 8-10mm pedicels pilose, 2mm, pod pendent |
| Size | 8-15cm |
| 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |