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Metalasia cephalotes is a small flowering subshrub of the daisy family, endemic to the mountains of the Western Cape in South Africa. It grows in fynbos and is rarely cultivated, so growing it means mimicking its dry, sunny, well-drained mountain habitat.
Metalasia cephalotes is a flowering subshrub that is part of the Asteraceae family. The species is endemic to the Western Cape. The plant occurs in the mountains around Paarl, Franschhoek and Stellenbosch including the Hottentots Holland Mountains. It grows on mountain slopes at altitudes of 300 - 1200 m and is part of the fynbos.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Metalasia cephalotes by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
