Crimson Bluestem

Schizachyrium sanguineum

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
• Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping

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 Climax species 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
Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping May 22, 2026, 11:31 p.m.	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) Shobie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Shobie source
• (c) Ramaro, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ramaro source
• (c) mbintexas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Richard Gill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Gill source
• (c) Alan R. Franck, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alan R. Franck source
• (c) AM, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by AM source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source