African love grass

Eragrostis curvula

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)
• 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 Rocky habitat Perennial Pioneer species

Photo credits

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

• (c) Jim Sweet, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jim Sweet source
• (c) Geoffrey Sinclair, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Geoffrey Sinclair source
• (c) Richie Southerton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richie Southerton source
• (c) Barbara L. Wilson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Barbara L. Wilson source
• (c) Grant Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Grant Forbes source
• (c) janet_taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by janet_taylor source
• (c) harum.koh, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by harum.koh source