Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Cotula coronopifolia

Common name

Water buttons

Family

Asteraceae

Where found

Damp, often saline, disturbed sites. In water or mud. Coast. Occasionally ranges and tablelands.

Notes

Introduced annual or perennial herb, mat-forming, to 0.60 m tall. Somewhat fleshy hairless stems. Leaves somewhat fleshy, alternating along the stems, 1-8 cm long, 2–10 mm wide, entire or with few teeth or lobes; with a sheath at the base. Upper leaves smaller, entire. Flower heads 5-12 mm in diameter, yellow, hemispherical to cup-shaped, with many florets, 0 petals. Flowers mainly Winter to Spring.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cotula~coronopifolia (accessed 7 January, 2021)