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Wiry Buttons

Leptorhynchos tenuifolius

Wiry Buttons
Photo: DavidFrancis34 from Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Native range
South Australia to Victoria

About

Leptorhynchos tenuifolius, commonly known as wiry buttons, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an upright to ascending herb, multi-branched and has yellow flowers and grows in Victoria and South Australia.

Where it grows

Wiry buttons is a locally common species growing in a variety of situations including woodlands, forest and wet areas on sandy soils in Victoria and South Australia.

Other Leptorhynchos plants

Woolly Buttons · Scaly Buttons · Leptorhynchos

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leptorhynchos tenuifolius by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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