Wire Grass

Elionurus muticus

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
• 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 Attractive Sun Pioneer species Climax species Soil: sandy
Field Guide to The Wildflowers of Witwatersrand & Pretoria, including Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand Dec. 16, 2025, 6:55 p.m.	Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Climax species Sub-climax species
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:36 a.m.	Supports birds Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Fragrant Sun Ground cover Grass Pioneer species 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) Anthony Walton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Anthony Walton source
• (c) Richard Gill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Gill source
• (c) Sandra Falanga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sandra Falanga source
• (c) Jens-Christian Svenning, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jens-Christian Svenning source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) janet_taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by janet_taylor source
• (c) Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Eduardo Luis Beltrocco source
• (c) Kyle Campbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), uploaded by Kyle Campbell source
• (c) c, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by c source