Wiry Buttons - native (Leptorhynchos tenuifolius)

Family: Asteraceae (Daisy family).

Native.

Occurrence: Common.

Identification:

• it grows to about 30cm high
• its leaves are very narrow and wiry
• it is usually branched
• flowering stems are very slender and wiry
• the seeds have 4 to 6 bristles
• it flowers in late spring or early summer.

Photos: Fryers Ridge and Castlemaine.

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