Bristle-Leaved Red-Top Grass

Melinis nerviglumis

Inclusion rationale

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

• 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.	Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Perennial Climax species
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:36 a.m.	Easy to grow Attractive Sun Grass 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) Ronnie Pitman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Richard Gill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Gill source
• (c) Grant Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Grant Forbes source
• (c) katuchka, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by katuchka source
• (c) katuchka, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by katuchka source
• (c) Grant Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Grant Forbes source
• (c) Kyle Campbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), uploaded by Kyle Campbell source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) lance_robinson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source