Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides

Taxobox
name = Button Wrinkelwort
status = EN
status_system = EPBC
status_ref = SPRAT | name = "Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides" — Button Wrinklewort | id = 7384]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Inuleae
genus = "Rutidosis"
species = "R. leptorrhynchoides"
binomial = "Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides"
binomial_authority = F.Muell.

The Button Wrinklewort is a flowering plant of the genus "Rutidosis " in the daisy family (Asteraceae). Its natural distribution is south eastern Australia where its restricted to undisturbed grasslands and woodlands. As much of its original habitat has been destroyed or alienated it now considered a vey rare plant.

It is found in some sites within the Canberra urban area, in the Australian Capital Territory.

It is an endangered species under the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 .

References

* [http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=7384 Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Heritage: species profile]
*cite book | author=| title= Sites of Significance in the ACT, volume two, Inner Canberra| publisher=National Capital Development Commission, Canberra, Australia | year=1988|id = ISBN 0-642-13229-1