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Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Leptorhyncos tenuifolius |
| Common Name: | wiry buttons |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m) |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Dry, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 30 cm x 30 cm |
| Foliage: | Narrow pointed leaves 0.5-4 cm x 1 mm, basal leaves longer (to 15 cm x 3 mm), densely cottony below, margins curved under. |
| Flowers: | Single terminal yellow button daisy flowerheads held erect on long stalks. September-January |
| General Comments: | Much-branched, upright, wiry perennial herb, cottony hairs at least at the base and in leaf axils. Drought tolerant. Well displayed flowers. Suited to rockery, cottage or container growing. |
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