Natal Grass

Melinis repens

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
• Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:30 a.m.	Bees Birds Easy to grow Attractive Medicinal Sun Grass Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data
Conservation value of the Egoli Granite Grassland, an endemic grassland in Gauteng, South Africa May 22, 2026, 11:11 p.m.	Grass Egoli Granite Grassland
Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping May 22, 2026, 11:31 p.m.	Birds Butterflies Attractive Useful Sun Grass Egoli Granite Grassland

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 LICHIEH_PAN, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by 潘立傑 LICHIEH_PAN 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 LICHIEH_PAN, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by 潘立傑 LICHIEH_PAN 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