
Leptinella

Leptinella is a genus of alpine flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, comprising 33 species, distributed in New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and South America. Many of the species are endemic to New Zealand.
For over 100 years, "Leptinella" species were considered part of the genus "Cotula", but the genus "Leptinella" was reinstated by Lloyd & Webb in 1987. They determined that all species of "Leptinella" are distinguished from those of the other two sections of "Cotula", and other Anthemideae, by the conspicuous "inflated" corollas of the female florets and by chromosome numbers based on x = 26 where known.
"Leptinella squalida" 'Platt's Black' is a form cultivated as a garden plant, and is used for ground cover and as a component in tapestry lawns.