Metalasia aurea D.Don is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Metalasia aurea D.Don
Metalasia aurea is an endemic South African flowering semi-shrub from the Asteraceae family that grows in Cape fynbos.
Metalasia aurea is a flowering semi-shrub belonging to the Asteraceae plant family. This species is endemic to the Eastern Cape and Western Cape regions. Its main distribution spans the Kouga Mountains, extending eastwards to Gqeberha. Populations can also be found in the Witteberg Mountains near Laingsburg, and at Cape Infanta. Metalasia aurea grows on mountain slopes at elevations from 0 to 1000 metres, where it forms a component of fynbos vegetation.
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Metalasia erubescens DC.
Lactuca indica L.
Olearia lirata (Sims) Hutch.
Arnica chamissonis Less.
Olearia pimeleoides (DC.) Benth.
Artemisia selengensis Turcz. ex Besser
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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