| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Adesmia nanolignea Burkart trib. Adesmieae |
| Bibliography | Lilloa 15: 3 (1949) |
| Native Range | nw. Argentina |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3000-4000m |
| Description | spines reddish or blackish, leaves sericeous-pubescent, 2-6mm, palmatipinnate, leaflets 3, glandular, leaflets linear-naviculare, 2-6mm, acute, flowers solitary, 10mm |
| Size | 1-3cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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) |