Metalasia

Genus: Metalasia

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Metalasia muricata (Blombos), Strandfontein in Strandveld (Western Cape, South Africa).

Metalasia sp. in fynbos on Tsitsikamma Hiking Trail.

There are 53 species of which 47 are endemic to the Western Cape. Of the 5 remaining species, two have distributions in southern Africa that extend beyond the Western Cape and three occur in southern Africa but not in the Western Cape.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Metalasia acuta
Metalasia adunca
Metalasia agathosmoides
Metalasia albescens
Metalasia alfredii
Metalasia aurea Geelblombos [Afrikaans] See Eastern Cape wild flowers by John Manning, Auriol Batten & Hertha Bokelmann p. 289.
Metalasia bodkinii
Metalasia brevifolia Blombos [Afrikaans] See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 166; Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 246.
Metalasia calcicola See Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 246.
Metalasia capitata
Metalasia cephalotes Rooiblombossie [Afrikaans] See Hottentots Holland to Hermanus wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 194.
Metalasia compacta
Metalasia confusa
Metalasia cymbifolia
Metalasia densa Blombos [Afrikaans] See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 198; Eastern Cape wild flowers by John Manning, Auriol Batten & Hertha Bokelmann p. 286; Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 212.
Metalasia distans
Metalasia divergens
Metalasia dregeana
Metalasia erectifolia
Metalasia erubescens
Metalasia fastigiata Blombos [Afrikaans] See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 166; Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 212.
Metalasia galpinii
Metalasia helmei
Metalasia humilis
Metalasia inversa
Metalasia juniperoides
Metalasia lichtensteinii
Metalasia luteola
Metalasia massonii
Metalasia montana
Metalasia muraltiifolia
Metalasia muricata Blombos, Witsteekbossie, Steekbos [Afrikaans] See Namaqualand wildflowers (revised ed.) by Annelise le Roux & Ted Schelpe p. 166; West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 198; Hottentots Holland to Hermanus wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 194; Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 246; Creative gardening with indigenous plants. A South African Guide by Pitta Joffe p. 198.
Metalasia octoflora
Metalasia oligocephala
Metalasia pallida
Metalasia phillipsii
Metalasia plicata
Metalasia pulchella
Metalasia pulcherrima
Metalasia pungens Blombos [Afrikaans] See Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 246.
Metalasia quinqueflora
Metalasia rhoderoides
Metalasia riparia
Metalasia rogersii
Metalasia seriphiifolia
Metalasia serrata Rooiblombossie [Afrikaans] See Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 246.
Metalasia serrulata
Metalasia strictifolia
Metalasia tenuifolia
Metalasia tenuis
Metalasia tricolor
Metalasia trivialis
Metalasia umbelliformis

Publications

Pillans, N.S. 1954. A revision of Metalasia. Journal of South African Botany 20: 47-90.
Karis, P.O. 1989. Systematics of the genus Metalasia (Asteraceae - Gnaphalieae). Opera Botanica 99: 1-150.