Fleshy Cotula

Images ©:
©Tindo2 via flickr CC2.0

Leptinella longipes

Prostrate stoloniferous herb forming a mat with flowers clustered near the tip. Erect semi-succulent oblong leaves divided into toothed segmants. Yellow button flowerheads on fine long stalks.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Former Scientific Name
Leptinella reptans, Cotula reptans
Distinctive Features

Plant largely hairless or a few scattered hairs.
Biology

Perennial. Moist to permanently wet soils coastal in saltmarsh, grasslands and herbfields, woodlands, scrub and swamps. Tolerates saline and brackish conditions.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Feb
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Leptinella
Species
longipes

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Previously included in L. reptans which has a twice-divided leaf giving a lacey appearance.
Native Status
Native