Metalasia pulchella is a flowering shrub belonging to the Asteraceae family. The species is endemic to South Africa and occurs in the Western Cape in the Cape Peninsula and the Cape Flats. It has a range of 244 km² and there are ten to fifteen populations remaining. The remaining populations outside the protected areas are declining due to urban development, invasive plants and wildfires. The plant is part of the fynbos and grows at altitudes of 100–200 m.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Beautiful 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 inversa
- Metalasia capitata
- Metalasia divergens
- Metalasia compacta
- Metalasia brevifolia
- Helichrysum teretifolium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Metalasia
- Species
- Metalasia pulchella
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