Wire Grass

Elionurus muticus

Inclusion rationale

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

• The grass-velds of Johannesburg suburbs: the Houghton Estate
• 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
The grass-velds of Johannesburg suburbs: the Houghton Estate May 22, 2026, 11:07 p.m.	Grass Egoli Granite Grassland
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:36 a.m.	Birds Drought-resistant Easy to grow Fragrant Medicinal Useful Sun Grass Ground cover Pioneer species Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data
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.	Rocky habitat Semi-shade Sun Grass Climax species Sub-climax species Gauteng Color data
Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping May 22, 2026, 11:31 p.m.	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) Anthony Walton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Anthony Walton source
• (c) Richard Gill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Gill source
• (c) Sandra Falanga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sandra Falanga source
• (c) Jens-Christian Svenning, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jens-Christian Svenning source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) janet_taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by janet_taylor source
• (c) Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Eduardo Luis Beltrocco source
• (c) Kyle Campbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), uploaded by Kyle Campbell source
• (c) c, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by c source