Caterpillar Grass

Harpochloa falx

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 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.	Useful Attractive Rocky habitat Sun Climax species
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 Perennial Climax species
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:33 a.m.	Grass

Photo credits

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

• (c) our_fynbos_homestead, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Michelle Griffith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Michelle Griffith source
• (c) wonderwalker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by wonderwalker source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) Richard Gill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Gill source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) juddkirkel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
• (c) Nicola van Berkel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Nicola van Berkel source
• (c) thinus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by thinus source
• (c) Karol Cameron, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Karol Cameron source
• (c) Sandra Falanga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sandra Falanga source