Fabaceae FAMILY

Adesmia lotoides

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Adesmia lotoides is a low-growing, herbaceous perennial plant with a rhizomatous rootstock. It can grow up to 15cm tall when flowering. The plant is possibly harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouthern S. America - Argentina, Chile

HabitatOpen soil and sand, coastal scrub to 40 metres in Tierra Del Fuego and north to 50° in Chile and 41° in Argentina[ 69 Title Flora of Tierra del Fuego. Publication Author Moore. D. M. Publisher Anthony Nelson. Year 1983 ISBN 0-904614-05-0 Description Standard work for this part of S. America. Excellent details of habitat and a few notes on plant uses. ]. Alpine zone in Patagonia, where it grows on slopes with cushion-plant communities.