Broad-leaved Blue Stem

Diheteropogon amplectens

Inclusion rationale

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

• The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19 (2006)
• Conservation value of the Egoli Granite Grassland, an endemic grassland in Gauteng, South Africa
• 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
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
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
The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19 (2006) May 22, 2026, 11:19 p.m.	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) Richard Gill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Gill source
• (c) magdastlucia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by magdastlucia source
• (c) riana60, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by riana60 source
• (c) tjeerd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by tjeerd source
• (c) adshort, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by adshort source
• (c) riana60, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by riana60 source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
• (c) Nicole Dealtry (nee wienand), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nicole Dealtry (nee wienand) source