Metalasia aurea is a flowering semi-shrub that is part of the Asteraceae family.https://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=2976-7 REDLIST Sanbi The species is endemic to the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape. It occurs mainly in the Kouga Mountains and eastwards to Gqeberha. It also occurs in the Witteberg near Laingsburg and at Cape Infanta.https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:232341-1 Plants of the World Online
It grows on mountain slopes 0 - 1000 m and is part of the fynbos.
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