page_title: Leptinella filiformis
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Leptinella filiformis / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Flower of Leptinella filiformis
context_page_description: Leptinella filiformis, or slender button daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, found only in the north-eastern part of the South Island of New Zealand. Thought to be extinct by the 1980s, it was rediscovered growing on a hotel lawn in 1998, and in the wild in 2015.
context_section_description: A creeping perennial, L. filiformis forms a low mat, spreading indefinitely via thin rhizomes on the soil surface. It has small green or brown feathery leaves, up to 2 cm (0.8 in) long. Its flowers are small (2–3 mm (0.08–0.12 in)) white button-shaped inflorescences on thin stalks.
caption: L. filiformis inflorescence
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