Crimson Bluestem

Schizachyrium sanguineum

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)
• 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.	Useful
Field Guide to The Wildflowers of Witwatersrand & Pretoria, including Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand Dec. 16, 2025, 6:55 p.m.	Supports grazers/browsers Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Perennial Climax species

Photo credits

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

• (c) Shobie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Shobie source
• (c) Ramaro, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ramaro source
• (c) mbintexas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Richard Gill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Gill source
• (c) Alan R. Franck, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alan R. Franck source
• (c) Alexis Oosthuizen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alexis Oosthuizen source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by David Hoare source