Botanical name

Metalasia cymbifolia

Family

Asteraceae

Common Name

Thick-leaved Blombos
Metalasia cymbifolia
Metalasia cymbifolia
Metalasia cymbifolia
Metalasia cymbifolia

Description

White-woolly shrublet to 50cm; leaves incurved and not twisted; flowerheads discoid, pink or white, several in interlocking terminal clusters, 3-flowered; bracts erect, concave above, inner petaloid, keeled at tips, pink or white.

Habitat

Sandstone slopes at altitude 200-900m

Flower Date

June to November