Parramatta Grass

Sporobolus africanus

Inclusion rationale

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

• 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.	Supports birds Useful Medicinal Near water Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: disturbed
Field Guide to The Wildflowers of Witwatersrand & Pretoria, including Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand Dec. 16, 2025, 6:55 p.m.	Useful Sun Semi-shade Perennial
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:36 a.m.	Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Sun Semi-shade 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) Igmar Grewar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Igmar Grewar source
• (c) Igmar Grewar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Igmar Grewar source
• (c) Chris Ecroyd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Chris Ecroyd source
• (c) John Tann, some rights reserved (CC BY) source