African Bristlegrass

Setaria sphacelata sphacelata

Inclusion rationale

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

• Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping
• 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 May 22, 2026, 11:14 p.m.	Grazers/browsers Rocky habitat Semi-shade Sun Grass Perennial Gauteng Color data
Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping May 22, 2026, 11:31 p.m.	Birds Grazers/browsers Good garden plant 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:

• (c) Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan source
• (c) jameslambo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by jameslambo source
• (c) Rob Palmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Rob Palmer source
• (c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by James Bailey source
• (c) James K. Douch, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by James K. Douch source
• (c) Nick Lambert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Nick Lambert source
• (c) Nick Lambert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Nick Lambert source
• no rights reserved, uploaded by 葉子 source
• (c) drmattnimbs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by drmattnimbs source
• (c) Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan source