Flora of New Zealand Series

Leptinella potentillina F. Muell. Veg. Chath. Is 1864, 28, t. 6.

Cotula Muelleri Kirk Stud. Fl. 1899, 324.

Type: Nat. Herb. Vict., Melbourne?

Stems creeping, rooting, branched, ± clad in ascending hairs; lvs alt., often tufted at nodes. Lamina membr., gland-dotted, obovate to narrow-obovate, glab. or nearly so, (2)-4-5-(8) × 1-2 cm.; lower part pinnatisect, upper pinnatifid; pinnae ± irregularly crenately to serrately toothed, ± 15 mm. long, uppermost close-set, subentire. Petioles 2-5 cm. long, flat; bases expanded, semiamplexicaul. Scape axillary, ± 5-8 cm. long, nude, ± pubescent. Capitula 8-10 mm. diam.; receptacle convex. Phyll. ± 30 in 2-3 series, broad-ovate to ovate-oblong, subacute to obtuse, sparsely hairy. Florets eglandular; ♀ in c. 3 series with ovoid corolla, style-arms very short; ♂ tubular, 4-toothed, style undivided. Achenes slightly glandular, ± clavate, tetragonous, narrowly winged.

DIST.: Ch. Moist ground.