Thatching Grass

Hyparrhenia hirta

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
• The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19 (2006)
• PlantZAfrica
• Field Guide to The Wildflowers of Witwatersrand & Pretoria, including Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand

Features data

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

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Dec. 17, 2025, 10:47 a.m.	Useful Near water Rocky habitat Sun Pioneer species
Field Guide to The Wildflowers of Witwatersrand & Pretoria, including Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand Dec. 16, 2025, 6:55 p.m.	Supports grazers/browsers Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Perennial
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:31 a.m.	Drought-resistant Useful Sun Perennial Grass Pioneer species Soil: clay 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:

• (c) Alba Rovira, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alba Rovira source
• (c) teresa_jardim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) Drepanostoma, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Drepanostoma source
• (c) Hedi Stummer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Hedi Stummer source