What is "billy buttons"

n. 1 Any of many species of daisy-like plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae native to Australia and New Zealand 2 # especially any of several flowering plants, of the genus (taxlink Craspedia genus noshow=1) (but especially (taxlink Craspedia globosa species noshow=1)), native to Australia, having globes of yellow flowers. 3 # Any of several species of the genus (taxlink Leiocarpa genus noshow=1). 4 ## The (vern: plains plover daisy) ((taxlink Leiocarpa brevicompta species noshow=1), formerly (taxlink Ixiolaena brevicompta species noshow=1)), found in floodplains of Queensland and New South Wales; it is poisonous to sheep. 5 # Any of several species of the genus (taxlink Pycnosorus genus noshow=1), formerly in (taxlink Craspedia genus noshow=1). (since 1992)

n. any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers; Australia and New Zealand

Billy buttons may refer to one of several genera of daisy native to Australia:

• Craspedia
• Leiocarpa
• Pycnosorus