Minuria leptophylla
{{Short description|Species of herb}}
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|name = Minnie daisy
|image = Minuria leptophylla 01.jpg
|genus = Minuria
|species = leptophylla
|authority = DC.{{cite web |title=Minuria leptophylla |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/90557 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=14 October 2022}}
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File:Minuria leptophylla habit.jpg
Minuria leptophylla commonly known as minnie daisy,{{cite web |last1=Spooner |first1=Amanda |title=Minuria leptophylla |url=https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/8110 |website=Florabase-Flora of Western Australia |publisher=Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions |access-date=14 October 2022}} is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a small perennial herb with white daisy-like flowers. It is endemic to Australia and grows in all mainland states.
Description
Minuria leptophylla is a spreading, decumbent herb, occasionally upright to {{cvt|30|cm}} high and usually branched from the base. The stems are sparsely, minutely hairy eventually becoming smooth. The leaves are linear shaped, {{cvt|5-20|mm}} long, {{cvt|0.5-1|mm}} wide with occasional hairs to smooth, margins smooth and sharp at the apex. The single flower heads are at the end of branches, inner bracts narrowly egg-shaped, {{cvt|4-6|mm}} long, {{cvt|1-1.5|mm}} wide, apex rounded, fringed, outer bracts narrower and fringed. The flowers are white to pale mauve and the petals {{cvt|4-7|mm}} long. Flowering occurs from June to October and the fruit is one-seeded, dry, egg-shaped and {{cvt|0.5-1.2|mm}} long.{{cite web |last1=Stajsic |first1=Val |title=Minuria leptophylla |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/2f50a4ea-7bb6-44e5-b7da-e59f3523aec0 |website=VICFLORA-Flora of Victoria |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=26 October 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Lander |first1=N.S |title=Minuria leptophylla |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Minuria~leptophylla |website=PlantNET-NSW flora online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney |access-date=26 October 2022}}
Taxonomy and naming
Minuria leptophylla was first formally described in 1836 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle and the description was published in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.{{cite web |title=Minuria leptophylla |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/512206 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |access-date=26 October 2022}}{{cite book |last1=de Candolle |first1=Augustin Pyramus |title=Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis |date=1836 |page=298 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7154#page/303/mode/1up}} The specific epithet (leptophylla) means "leaved ".{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=246 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
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