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Metalasia aurea
Metalasia aurea is a flowering semi-shrub that is part of the Asteraceae family. The species is endemic to the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape. It occurs mainly in the Kouga Mountains and eastwards to Gqeberha. It also occurs in the Witteberg near Laingsburg and at Cape Infanta.
It grows on mountain slopes 0 - 1000 m and is part of the fynbos.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 570690.