| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Metalasia tenuifolia DC. trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1500-2200m |
| Description | branchlets flexuous, glabrous, leaves linear, revolute, mucronate, glabrous, capitula few, subsessile in compact corymb, cylindrical, involucre glabrous, bracts subulate |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ASTERACEAE
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