| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Adesmia crassicaulis Phil. trib. Adesmieae |
| Bibliography | Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 1: 17 (1891) |
| Native Range | nw. Argentina to n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3000-4000m |
| Description | leaves minute, 1cm, crowded at apex of branchlets, leaflets 3-5 pairs, oval, hirsute, flowers sessile amongst leaves, calyx hirsute, lobes much shorter than tube |
| Size | 3-30cm |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Patagonium crassicaule (Phil.) Reiche |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |