Metalasia trivialis is a flowering subshrub in the Asteraceae family. 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.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Eastern 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 acuta
- Metalasia densa
- Metalasia muricata
- Metalasia dregeana
- Metalasia luteola
- Metalasia pungens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Metalasia
- Species
- Metalasia trivialis
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