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Leptinella scariosa
Leptinella scariosa is a small, low-growing daisy-family plant from southern South America and the Falklands, often used as a lawn or groundcover in cool climates. It grows best in cool, moist, sunny to partly shaded conditions.
Leptinella scariosa is a small flowering plant in the daisy family, native to Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands. Its specific epithet, scariosa is derived from Latin, meaning membranous or scar-like.
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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.
