The beauty of Button Weeds or Golden Buttons "weed"

 

Button Weeds (Cotula Coronopifolia) also known as Golden Buttons. Personal archives, June 2024.

Though Button Weeds (also known as Golden Buttons, Water Buttons, Brass buttons) are consider  weed, they look so pretty next to the lake or ponds edges, in a low mat formation in a naturalistic landscape (garden). I have taken my pictures at the Huntington Beach Central Park, where they bloom next to the local lake under full sun.

This perennial plant is native from South Africa and it is also found in North America, South America and Asia. It reproduces through seeds. The appearance is of button-like tiny flowers, yellow or white, with lance-shaped leaves. The tiny flowers form a cluster that cannot be appreciated from afar. I have taken some of these photos with a 300 mm macro lens, which helped me understand their morphology.

The seeds are hard and can persist in the ground for long years. Hence the plant's duration as a weed or better said, as a lush ground cover.

Such a nice field of Button Weeds, Golden Buttons during Springtime. Personal archives, April 2024.

The Button Weeds (Cotula Coronopifolia) is growing among marshes at the edge of the Huntington Beach Central Park lake. Here, they appear as the yellow "line" in the middle, adding texture and color. Personal archives, June 2024.

Button Weeds, Golden Buttons, seen as part of the landscape. They are a great addition of texture and color. Personal archives, April 2024.

Button Weeds (Cotula Coronopifolia) is growing next to dry branches here. I enjoyed the green tones as seen through the sunlight. Personal archives, June 2024.