
Leptorhynchos squamatus, commonly known as scaly buttons, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an upright to ascending herb with variably shaped leaves and yellow flowers and grows in eastern Australia.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Scaly-buttons being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Leptorhynchos tenuifolius
- Rutidosis murchisonii
- Coronidium gunnianum
- Panaetia lessonii
- Coronidium rutidolepis
- Pycnosorus chrysanthus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Leptorhynchos
- Species
- Leptorhynchos squamatus
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