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Melinis repens

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  • Heteropogon contortus, spear grass
  • Imperata cylindrica
  • Melinis nerviglumis
  • Melinis nerviglumis culms
  • Melinis nerviglumis early stage
  • Melinis nerviglumis fruits departing
  • Melinis nerviglumis purple flowers
  • Melinis nerviglumis white with age
  • Melinis repens
  • Melinis repens
  • Melinis repens in flower
  • Melinis repens yellowish inflorescence
  • Paspalum dilatatum
  • Paspalum dilatatum leaves
  • Pennisetum setaceum, an exotic
  • Pentameris curvifolia
  • Phragmites australis

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Melinis repens is an indigenous grass species that grows a much branched inflorescence. The plant used to be called Rhynchelytrum repens, commonly known as Natal red top.

The species is widely distributed, found throughout South Africa, in all nine provinces and in southern Africa. The species is not considered to be threatened in its habitat in the twenty first century (Van Wyk and Malan, 1997; http://redlist.sanbi).

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