Natal grass

Melinis repens

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Conservation value of the Egoli Granite Grassland, an endemic grassland in Gauteng, South Africa

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:30 a.m.	Supports birds Supports bees Easy to grow Medicinal Attractive Sun Grass Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• no rights reserved, uploaded by 葉子 source
• (c) 潘立傑 LICHIEH_PAN, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by 潘立傑 LICHIEH_PAN source
• (c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas Goldman source
• (c) CORDENOS Thierry, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by CORDENOS Thierry source
• (c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas Goldman source
• (c) 潘立傑 LICHIEH_PAN, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by 潘立傑 LICHIEH_PAN source
• no rights reserved, uploaded by 葉子 source
• (c) Ryan Yue Wah Chan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ryan Yue Wah Chan source
• no rights reserved, uploaded by 葉子 source
• (c) Richard Gill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Gill source
• (c) Damon Tighe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Damon Tighe source