Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass

Cymbopogon caesius

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)
• 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 Sun Semi-shade Sub-climax species
Field Guide to The Wildflowers of Witwatersrand & Pretoria, including Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand Dec. 16, 2025, 6:55 p.m.	Sun Semi-shade Perennial
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:30 a.m.	Supports birds Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Sun Semi-shade Grass 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) Dewald du Plessis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Dewald du Plessis source
• (c) nantyherizo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) themba_nsibande, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by themba_nsibande source
• (c) Andry.A.R, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Andry.A.R source
• (c) David Rabehevitra, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by David Rabehevitra source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) Ricus Nel, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ricus Nel source
• (c) Kyle Campbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), uploaded by Kyle Campbell source
• no rights reserved, uploaded by S.MORE source