Wiry Buttons

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Leptorhynchos tenuifolius


Wiry perennial herb 10-40 cm high with much branched wiry stems with cottony hairs at the base and at the leaf joints. Sparse dark green linear leaves all the way up the stem to 4 cm long, with longer leaves at the base and leafless near the flowerhead. Leaf margins are rolled under (revolute). Undersurface of the leaves is cottony. Single small yellow button flowes 5 cm in width.


Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Distinctive Features

Flowering stem leafless in upper portion. Widespread but prefers wetter conditions than Scaly Buttons.

Biology

Perennial. Open grassland and woodland on heavier soils that are often seasonally flooded.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Oct-Mar

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Leptorhynchos
Species
tenuifolius

May have mass flowering after fire or flood.


Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native