Metalasia is a genus of African flowering plants in the pussy’s-toes tribe within the sunflower family, Asteraceae. Metalasia has some 54 species in South Africa, many of them found in the Western Cape. The name of the genus Metalasia is derived from ‘meta’ which can have many meanings, but in this case is intended as ‘reverse’, and ‘lasios’ meaning ‘woolly’, an allusion to the woolly reverse sides of the leaves.

Metalasia fastigiata commonly known as Blombos or Donkiebos is a South African endemic species found in the Western Cape Province from between Calvinia and Nieuwoudtville southwards to Wellington. It is very common in the Olifants River Mountains and around Piketberg. It grows into a decumbent to erect shrub of up to 1 meter tall. During spring it bears clusters of pale to bright pink flowers. It has white-woolly branches. It is synonymously known as Gnaphalium fastigiatum, Metalasia concinna and Metalasia speciosa.