A creeping, alpine groundcover with small, fern-like leaves and masses of tiny, button-like yellow flowers in summer. The leaves are finely divided, bright green, and soft to the touch. They form dense mats that suppress weeds and stabilise the soil. The plant spreads by creeping stems that root at the nodes, slowly covering the ground. The flowers are the plant's most striking feature. They are small, yellow, and button-like, held on short stalks above the leaves. They appear in summer and are attractive to alpine insects. The flowers are followed by small, dry fruits containing the seeds. Alpine Button Daisy is extremely cold-hardy, tolerating heavy frost and snow. It grows in alpine and subalpine herbfields, rocky slopes, and stream banks, often in exposed sites. The dense mats help prevent erosion on steep slopes. The plant is perfect for rock gardens, alpine plantings and between paving stones. It tolerates light foot traffic, making it suitable for planting in pathways. The bright yellow flowers provide a splash of colour in the alpine garden. The species is named after James Traill, a botanist who collected plants in New Zealand in the 19th century. Traill contributed to the understanding of New Zealand's alpine flora. To find Alpine Button Daisy is to climb the mountains. Look for the dense mats of fern-like leaves, the masses of yellow button flowers. It is a plant of the high places, a daisy of the alpine zone. The yellow flowers are a flash of sun in the cold, a bright spot among the rocks.