Metalasia dregeana DC. is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Metalasia dregeana DC. (Metalasia dregeana DC.)
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Metalasia dregeana DC.

Metalasia dregeana DC.

Metalasia dregeana is a fynbos flowering subshrub in the Asteraceae family, endemic to South Africa’s Western Cape.

Family
Genus
Metalasia
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Metalasia dregeana DC.

Metalasia dregeana DC. is a flowering subshrub belonging to the Asteraceae family. This species is endemic to the Western Cape, where its distribution ranges from Cederberg and Piketberg southward to Stellenbosch and Worcester. It grows at altitudes between 200 and 1000 m, and is a component of fynbos vegetation.

Photo: (c) Petra Broddle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Petra Broddle · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Metalasia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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