Adesmia erinacea Phil.
Family: Fabaceae
Description: Hemispherical cushion-forming shrublet 15-50cm high, with robust tangled "barbed wire" spines, these bleaching brown and aging to bone-coloured
Habitat: in dry puna, including the margins of saltpan lagoons (salares), bare stonefields, gentle sandy hills and bunchgrass moorland at 2500-4400m
| Form of cushion | C | Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion |
| Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
| Variability | 0 | No variability |
| Root system | NA | NA |
| Woodiness | 2 | Woody dwarf shrub |
| Thorniness | 1 | Yes |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | NA | NA |
| AGW |
| BOL |
| CLN |
| AGW-CA |
| AGW-JU |
| AGW-LR |
| AGW-SA |
| BOL-OO |
| CLN-AN |
| CLN-AT |
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