Metalasia helmei P.O.Karis

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Metalasia

Characteristics

White-woolly shrublet to 40 cm. Leaves narrowly triangular, not twisted, 3-7 mm long, without axillary tufts. Flower heads discoid, several in dense, campanulate, terminal clusters, 5-flowered, bracts erect, outer dark brown above, inner petaloid, white.
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Distribution

Metalasia helmei world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77091750-1
WFO ID wfo-0001285990
COL ID 6RCZQ
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Synonyms

Metalasia helmei