Buffelgrass

Cenchrus ciliaris

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
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:32 a.m.	Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Sun Grass Perennial Soil: clay 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.	Grazers/browsers Useful 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.	Grazers/browsers 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) Luis Vigosa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Luis Vigosa source
• (c) Lena Zappia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Lena Zappia source
• (c) Ragnhild&Neil Crawford, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) source
• (c) Ragnhild&Neil Crawford, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) source
• (c) Pete Woodall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Pete Woodall source
• (c) Bruce Homer-Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Bruce Homer-Smith source
• (c) Harry Rose, some rights reserved (CC BY) source