Metalasia compacta is a flowering subshrub that is part of the Asteraceae family. The species is endemic to the Western Cape. The plant occurs on the Cape Peninsula from Kommetjie to Cape Point. The plant is extirpated on the Cape Flats. It grows on slopes and plains at altitudes of 0-700 m and is part of the fynbos.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Dense Blombush being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Metalasia pulchella
- Metalasia lichtensteinii
- Metalasia inversa
- Metalasia brevifolia
- Metalasia capitata
- Metalasia pallida
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Metalasia
- Species
- Metalasia compacta
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