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Metalasia eburnea is a rare semi-shrub in the daisy family, endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa. It is known from only two populations, so it is seldom grown and care advice here is based on its fynbos origins.
Metalasia eburnea is a semi-shrub that is part of the Asteraceae family. The species is endemic to South Africa and occurs in the Western Cape in the Klein Karoo north of the Langeberg. There are only two known populations and the species is part of the fynbos. It is threatened by crop cultivation.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Metalasia eburnea 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.
