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Metalasia inversa
Metalasia inversa is a small semi-shrub in the daisy family, native to the Western Cape of South Africa in fynbos. It is grown mainly as a fynbos or indigenous garden plant and needs full sun and very good drainage.
Metalasia inversa is a semi-shrub that is part of the Asteraceae family. The species is endemic to South Africa and occurs in the Western Cape from Stellenbosch to Bredasdorp. The species is part of the fynbos. The species grows at altitudes of 50-600 m.
Pointy Blombush · Crooked Blombush · Metalasia agathosmoides · Metalasia albescens · Metalasia alfredii · Golden Blombush · Metalasia bodkinii · Shortleaf Blombush · Lime Blombush · Ball Blombush · Metalasia cephalotes · Dense Blombush
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Metalasia inversa 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.
