Leptinella lanata is a small flowering plant in the daisy family, native to the Antipodean Islands.

[2] Its specific epithet, lanata, describes its woolly-haired (lanate) rhizomes.

[4] Leptinella lanata is a creeping perennial, monoecious herb.

[4] It is a coastal species, found on rocks, on cliff tops, on damp exposed peat, in rock crevices and within nesting grounds and seal haul outs.

[4] In both 2009 and 2012 it was deemed to be "At Risk – Naturally Uncommon" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System,[4] and this New Zealand classification was reaffirmed in 2018, due to its restricted range, and with the further comment that it is "data poor".