Scientific Name: Leptinella filicula
Common Name: ferny buttons
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Asteraceae
Form Description: Very small creeping herb, stout and fleshy.
Flowers: Daisy flower about 6mm in diameter without rays but with minute greenish-yellow tube florets.
Fruit: Achene – seeds small with short wings and no pappus.
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Habitat Notes
Frequent on mountain summits and in rainforests at lower altitudes.
Site Tolerance
Exposed, Moist, Rocky, Windy
Soil Tolerance
Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Well-drained
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Propagation Calendar
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Flowering Month
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Seed Collecting Month
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Sowing Month
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Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Collect entire seed heads into paper bags and allow to dry. Do not collect in wet weather. Rub seed heads on fine wire screens or break up by hand to extract seed. Sieve to clean.
Seed Treatment Method
Surface Sow Sow seed finely on the surface of the potting mix and cover with just enough mix to hold the seed on the surface when watered.
Seed Storage Life
Short
Seed Treatment Notes
For best results with daisies generally, surface sowing allows maximum light to trigger germination.
Cutting & Division Information
Usually propagated from cuttings or by division.