Perennial herbs, prostrate, stoloniferous. Leaves 1–3-pinnatisect. Capitula solitary, disciform; involucre 2-or 3-seriate, with bracts all of similar length; receptacle epaleate. Outer florets 2–4-seriate, female. Disc florets functionally male; corolla mostly 4-lobed. Achenes compressed, unribbed, glabrous. Pappus absent.
Some taxa in cultivation as ornamentals, suitable as groundcovers and in rock gardens, e.g. New Zealand native Leptinella squalida Hook.f. (Brass Buttons), including cultivars, e.g. Leptinella squalida 'Platt's Black'.
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