Poaceae
Yellow thatching grass
Hyperthelia dissoluta
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Hyperthelia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Afrikaans
- Geeldekgras
- dag
- Mɔbaha
- English
- Yellow thatching grass
Synonyms
- Andropogon anthesterioides Rupr. ex M.Martens & Galeotti
- Andropogon luteolus Vanderyst
- Andropogon macrolepis Hack.
- Andropogon ruprechtii Hack.
- Anthistiria dissoluta Nees ex Steud.
- Cymbopogon ruprechtii (Hack.) Rendle
- Hyparrhenia dissoluta (Nees ex Steud.) C.E.Hubb.
- Hyparrhenia macrolepis (Hack.) Stapf
- Hyparrhenia ruprechtii (Hack.) E.Fourn.
- Hyperthelia macrolepis (Hack.) Clayton
- Sorghum macrolepis (Hack.) Kuntze
- Sorghum ruprechtii (Hack.) Kuntze
Photos
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.