Natal grass

Melinis repens repens

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 Supports bees Medicinal Attractive Sun Pioneer species Soil: disturbed
Field Guide to The Wildflowers of Witwatersrand & Pretoria, including Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand Dec. 16, 2025, 6:55 p.m.	Supports grazers/browsers Sun Semi-shade Annual Perennial Pioneer species Sub-climax species

Photo credits

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

• no rights reserved, uploaded by 葉子 source
• (c) 潘立傑, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by 潘立傑 source
• (c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas Goldman source
• (c) CORDENOS Thierry, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by CORDENOS Thierry source
• (c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas Goldman source
• (c) 潘立傑, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by 潘立傑 source
• no rights reserved, uploaded by 葉子 source
• (c) Ryan Yue Wah Chan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ryan Yue Wah Chan source
• no rights reserved, uploaded by 葉子 source
• (c) Richard Gill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Gill source
• (c) Damon Tighe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Damon Tighe source