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Leptinella nana
Leptinella nana is a tiny, low-growing New Zealand herb that forms small mats joined by surface rhizomes, known from only three wild sites. It needs open, disturbed, well-draining ground and tends to be outcompeted in damp or dry conditions.
Leptinella nana or pygmy button daisy is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is known from only three sites in New Zealand.
This species is still found at the type location of Mount Pleasant in the Port Hills, Christchurch, New Zealand. Populations are also found at Rai Valley in Marlborough and Tītahi Bay, on the Wellington coast. L. nana requires small sites that undergo constant disturbance for it to be able to colonise bare soil. It is frequently outcompeted by other plants in damp environments and cannot persist in dry ones. These three sites have similar well draining soils, containing either sand, loess or clay.
Hairless Leptinella · Mountain Cotula · Slender button daisy · Leptinella lanata · Leptinella plumosa · Leptinella pyrethrifolia · Buttonweed · New Zealand Brass Buttons · Miniature Brass Buttons
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leptinella nana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
