Boat Grass

Monocymbium ceresiiforme

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)
• The grass-velds of Johannesburg suburbs: the Houghton Estate
• 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.	Attractive Near water Rocky habitat Sun Soil: sandy
Field Guide to The Wildflowers of Witwatersrand & Pretoria, including Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand Dec. 16, 2025, 6:55 p.m.	Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Perennial
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:31 a.m.	Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Attractive Sun Grass Soil: sandy Flowering data

Photo credits

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

• (c) Marco Schmidt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) source
• (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) MBG, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) source
• (c) Rob Palmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Rob Palmer source
• (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
• (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
• (c) Ansell Matcher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ansell Matcher source
• (c) Rouxne Botha, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Rouxne Botha source
• (c) aaubrey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source