Common Russet Grass

Loudetia simplex

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.	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) Felix Riegel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Felix Riegel source
• (c) Christien Steyn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Christien Steyn source
• (c) Christien Steyn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Christien Steyn source
• (c) Richard Gill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Gill source
• no rights reserved, uploaded by Jimmy Whatmore source
• (c) anton-1, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by anton-1 source
• no rights reserved, uploaded by Bat source