kweekgras, regtekweek, fynkweek, vingergras, renosterkweek, elandskweek, gemsbokkweek, kwaggakweek, Bataviesekweek, Buffelskweek, Kruisgras
isifulwane, isinandi, uqambalala, uqethu
uqaqaqa, qhaqhawe
Warm-season, perennial grass, prostrate and mat-forming, with fine, grey-green, flat leaves and extensive rhizomes and stolons. Forms dense, resilient turf. Inflorescence a digitate cluster of 3 – 7 slender spikes. Extremely adaptable and aggressive; used for lawns, pastures, and erosion control.
Supports grasshoppers, beetles, and other grassland insects. Grazed by livestock and wild herbivores; seeds eaten by birds and rodents. Pioneer, stabilizes soil, prevents erosion. Provides soil stabilization, rapid colonization of bare ground, pasture improvement.
Small, wind-pollinated flowers in spikes; seeds dispersed by wind, water, animals.
Seeds eaten by granivorous birds; dense turf provides habitat for ground-nesting birds.
Sow fresh seed in spring/summer; also propagates vigorously by rhizomes and stolons.
Easily propagated by rhizome or stolon fragments.
Used as pasture, lawn, erosion control; rhizomes used in traditional medicine for urinary and kidney ailments.
