White bristle bush
Metalasia muricata
Summary 2
Metalasia muricata (L.) D.Don, commonly known as 'White Bristle Bush' or 'Blombos', is a hardy virgate or twiggy shrub with honey-scented flowers usually 2-4 m tall, woody with a rounded crown, and an important component of the coastal and mountain fynbos regions of Southern Africa. It is encountered in a number of forms in its extended distribution, some of which are tolerant of frost, wind and poor sandy soils. A member of the Asteraceae or Daisy...
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Mais informações
- BioDiversity4All taxon page
- African Plants - a photo guide
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Key to Metalasia species
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
