Metalasia trivialis

Metalasia trivialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Metalasia
Species:
M. trivialis
Binomial name
Metalasia trivialis
P.O.Karis

Metalasia trivialis is a flowering subshrub in the Asteraceae family.[1] The species is endemic to the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape. It occurs mainly between Ladismith and Grahamstown and there are also populations at Cathcart and Stutterheim.[2]

It grows on mountain slopes and plains, rocky, clayey and sandy soils from 0 - 1500 m and is part of the fynbos.

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