Metalasia namaquana P.O.Karis & Helme

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Metalasia

Characteristics

Rounded shrublet, up to 0.4 m tall, young branches white-woolly. Leaves spreading, linear, not twisted, 5-6 mm long, with minute axillary tufts. Flowerheads discoid, many in branched, terminal clusters, 15-20 mm diam., 3-flowered; involucral bracts erect, inner petaloid, concave, white, outer tipped reddish.
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Mature height (meter) 0.4
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Soil texture 7-8
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Distribution

Metalasia namaquana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77118154-1
WFO ID wfo-0001332562
COL ID 6RCZG
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Synonyms

Metalasia namaquana