Parramatta Grass

Sporobolus africanus

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• 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 Jan. 1, 2026, 8:36 a.m.	Drought-resistant Easy to grow Medicinal Useful Semi-shade Sun Grass Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data
Field Guide to The Wildflowers of Witwatersrand & Pretoria, including Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand May 22, 2026, 11:14 p.m.	Useful Semi-shade Sun Grass Perennial Gauteng Color data

Photo credits

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

• (c) Igmar Grewar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Igmar Grewar source
• (c) Igmar Grewar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Igmar Grewar source
• (c) victorianwalker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by victorianwalker source
• (c) Chris Ecroyd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Chris Ecroyd source
• (c) hlogie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) John Tann, some rights reserved (CC BY) 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) reinderw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by reinderw source
• (c) cesdamess, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by cesdamess source
• (c) William, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by William source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source