It is an upright to ascending herb, multi-branched and has yellow flowers and grows in Victoria and South Australia.

Leptorhynchos tenuifolius is a multi-stemmed upright to ascending multi-branched perennial, covered with soft hairs to smooth and 10–40 cm (3.9–15.7 in) high.

The flower heads are oblong-cone shaped, about 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter, outer involucral bracts clear with a brown tip, margins densely covered with spreading, soft hairs and the florets yellow.

[2][3] Leptorhynchos tenuifolius was first formally described in 1858 by Ferdinand von Mueller and the description was published in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.

[6] Wiry buttons is a locally common species growing in a variety of situations including woodlands, forest and wet areas on sandy soils in Victoria and South Australia.