Metalasia trivialis is a flowering subshrub in the Asteraceae family.https://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=2976-79 REDLIST Sanbi The species is endemic to the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape. It occurs mainly between Ladismith and Grahamstown and there are also populations at Cathcart and Stutterheim.https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:938545-1 Plants of the World Online
It grows on mountain slopes and plains, rocky, clayey and sandy soils from 0 - 1500 m and is part of the fynbos.
References