Bristle-leaved Red-top Grass

Melinis nerviglumis

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, 8:36 a.m.	Easy to grow Attractive Sun Grass 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.	Rocky habitat Semi-shade Sun Grass Perennial Climax species Gauteng Color data
Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping May 22, 2026, 11:31 p.m.	Birds Butterflies Good garden plant Attractive 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) Ronnie Pitman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Richard Gill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Gill source
• (c) Grant Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Grant Forbes source
• (c) katuchka, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by katuchka source
• (c) katuchka, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by katuchka source
• (c) Grant Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Grant Forbes source
• (c) Kyle Campbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), uploaded by Kyle Campbell source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) lance_robinson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source