Metalasia adunca
| Metalasia adunca | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Metalasia |
| Species: | M. adunca
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| Binomial name | |
| Metalasia adunca Less.
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Metalasia adunca is a shrub belonging to the Asteraceae family.[1] The species is endemic to South Africa and occurs in the Northern Cape and Western Cape, from Hondeklip Bay to the Cape Flats. The species has a range of 17 500 km² and of the eighteen known populations, five have already been lost to suburban development and crop cultivation. The species is part of the fynbos.[2]