Metalasia trivialis

Metalasia trivialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Metalasia
Species:
M. trivialis
Binomial name
Metalasia trivialis
P.O.Karis

Metalasia trivialis is a flowering subshrub in the Asteraceae family. 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.

It grows on mountain slopes and plains, rocky, clayey and sandy soils from 0 - 1500 m and is part of the fynbos.