Leptinella minor or Banks Peninsula button daisy is endemic to the South Island. It is found on Banks Peninsula, however historic herbarium specimens show it was once on the Canterbury Plains. This is a naturally uncommon species due to range restriction, and is found from sea level to 600 m a.s.l., on rock outcrops and associated open, rubbly skeletal soils. Usually found in sites within little surrounding vegetation and sometimes in open grassland. It is a monoecious, creeping perennial herb that forms an open or diffuse patch with rhizomes at the soil surface. It has small feathery dull green leaves that in full sun can have a tinge of brown to the foliage. It has small white pincushion-like flowers from September to July.  It will grow in sun or semi-shade, moist and can be invasive. It is great as a lawn alternative to grass!