| Scientific Name | Eragrostis superba Peyr. | Higher Classification | Monocotyledons | Family | POACEAE | Synonyms | Eragrostis superba Peyr. var. contracta Peter | Common Names | Bosluisgras (a), Bosluissaadgras (a), Breësaadgras (a), Buffelsgras (a), Flat-seed Love Grass (e), Hartjiesgras (a), Heart-seed Grass (e), Heart-seed Love Grass (e), Knoppiesgras (a), Love Grass (e), Masai Love Grass (e), Plakkiesgras (a), Platsaad-eragrostis (a), Platsaadgras (a), Skulpsaadjie (a), Skulpsaadjiegras (a), Soetgras (a), Umadolwana (z), Visgras (a), Weeluisgras (a), Weeluissaadgras (a), Weerluisgras (a), Weerluissaadgras (a) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2020/02/18 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | Eragrostis superba is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West | Range | This species is widespread across northern South Africa, the western Free State and northern KwaZulu-Natal, but absent from the high-rainfall and high-altitude regions of southern Mpumalanga, the eastern Free State and KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg. It is widespread across tropical and East Africa from Sudan to Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Dwaalboom Thornveld, Schweizer-Reneke Bushveld, Kimberley Thornveld, Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld, Ghaap Plateau Vaalbosveld, Western Sandy Bushveld, Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, Central Sandy Bushveld, Zululand Lowveld, Rand Highveld Grassland, Granite Lowveld, Central Free State Grassland, Western Free State Clay Grassland, Carletonville Dolomite Grassland, Bloemfontein Dry Grassland, Vaal-Vet Sandy Grassland, Winburg Grassy Shrubland, Highveld Alluvial Vegetation, Roodeberg Bushveld, Pilanesberg Mountain Bushveld, Polokwane Plateau Bushveld, Marikana Thornveld, Zeerust Thornveld, Klerksdorp Thornveld, Moot Plains Bushveld, Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Vredefort Dome Granite Grassland, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Loskop Thornveld, Limpopo Sweet Bushveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Western Highveld Sandy Grassland, Dwarsberg-Swartruggens Mountain Bushveld, Northern Upper Karoo, Income Sandy Grassland, Eastern Free State Clay Grassland, Sekhukhune Montane Grassland, Bloemfontein Karroid Shrubland, Makhado Sweet Bushveld, Tembe Sandy Bushveld, Delagoa Lowveld, Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, Mafikeng Bushveld, Makatini Clay Thicket, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Western Maputaland Sandy Bushveld, Northern Zululand Sourveld, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Musina Mopane Bushveld, Limpopo Ridge Bushveld, Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld, Molopo Bushveld, Stella Bushveld, Vaalbos Rocky Shrubland, Cathedral Mopane Bushveld, Schmidtsdrif Thornveld, Lowveld Rugged Mopaneveld, Muzi Palm Veld and Wooded Grassland, Crocodile Gorge Mountain Bushveld, Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Gravelotte Rocky Bushveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Besemkaree Koppies Shrubland, Lydenburg Thornveld, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation, Maputaland Coastal Belt, Tsende Mopaneveld, Gabbro Grassy Bushveld, Loskop Mountain Bushveld, Upper Gariep Alluvial Vegetation, Kuruman Vaalbosveld, Makuleke Sandy Bushveld, Mamabolo Mountain Bushveld, Malelane Mountain Bushveld, Kaalrug Mountain Bushveld, Barberton Serpentine Sourveld, KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld, Nwambyia-Pumbe Sandy Bushveld, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Andesite Mountain Bushveld, Gauteng Shale Mountain Bushveld, Zululand Coastal Thornveld, Ithala Quartzite Sourveld, Soweto Highveld Grassland, Basotho Montane Shrubland, Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld, Northern Lebombo Bushveld | Description | It occurs in sandy and stony soils in deciduous woodlands, wooded grassland and floodplain grasslands, in disturbed places or drainage lines. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Eragrostis superba Peyr. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Cope, T. 1999. Gramineae. In: G.V. Pope (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 10 (Part 2):1-253. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Fish, L., Mashau, A.C., Moeaha, M.J. and Nembudani, M.T. 2015. Identification guide to southern African grasses. Strelitzia 36. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation | | von Staden, L. 2020. Eragrostis superba Peyr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/27 |
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