| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Adesmia minor (Hook. & Arn.) Burkart trib. Adesmieae |
| Bibliography | Darwiniana 12: 131 (1960) |
| Native Range | nw. Argentina (Mendoza) |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2000-3000m |
| Description | glabrous or minutely pubescent, spines simple, leaves 4-8mm, leaflets 3-4-pairs, elliptic, flowers 7-8mm, pedicellate, pedicels sericeous, pod curvate |
| Size | 1-3cm |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Adesmia horrida var. minor Hook. & Arn. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |