Metalasia dregeana is a flowering subshrub that is part of the Asteraceae family. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs from the Cederberg and Piketberg southwards to Stellenbosch and Worcester. It grows from 200 - 1000 m and is part of the fynbos.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Woolly 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.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Metalasia
- Species
- Metalasia dregeana
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