English: Weeping lovegrass; Boer lovegrass; Curved lovegrass; Catalina lovegrass; African lovegrass.
Region: southern Africa.
Use: forage for livestock; erosion control; ornamental; nurse crop for sericea lespedeza, coastal panic grass, switchgrass; making baskets, brooms, hats, ropes, candles; food; as a charm; in funeral rituals.
Botany: habitat woodlands, chaparral, prairie, grassland, disturbed areas; tolerant of very acidic and very basic soils; drought resistant; mine spoils.