Spiked Crinkleawn

Trachypogon spicatus

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
• 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
Field Guide to The Wildflowers of Witwatersrand & Pretoria, including Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand Dec. 16, 2025, 6:55 p.m.	Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Perennial

Photo credits

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

• (c) Mauricio Mercadante, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) source
• (c) Dan Beckman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Dan Beckman source
• (c) Rob Palmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Rob Palmer source
• (c) Reuben Heydenrych, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Reuben Heydenrych source
• (c) Joaquín Lapetina, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joaquín Lapetina source
• (c) Vuyiswa Sithatu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Vuyiswa Sithatu source
• (c) marathonvet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by marathonvet source
• (c) ripfumelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Richard Gill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Gill source
• (c) Mahomed Desai, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Mahomed Desai source