Cape Love Grass

Eragrostis capensis

Inclusion rationale

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

• The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19 (2006)
• 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
Field Guide to The Wildflowers of Witwatersrand & Pretoria, including Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand Dec. 16, 2025, 6:55 p.m.	Supports grazers/browsers Sun Semi-shade Perennial
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:32 a.m.	Supports birds Easy to grow Useful Sun 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) Karol Cameron, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Karol Cameron source
• (c) nancyd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by nancyd source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) Alan Manson, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alan Manson source
• no rights reserved, uploaded by Jimmy Whatmore source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) Carina Lochner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Carina Lochner source
• (c) Dave Richardson, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Dave Richardson source
• (c) Felix Riegel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Felix Riegel source
• (c) unclejames, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source