page_title: Aristida congesta
section_title: Grazing
hierarchical_section_title: Aristida congesta / Grazing
caption_attribution_description: Bonnet, Edmond &amp; Barratte, Jean-François-Gustave. Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie. Illustrations des espèces nouvelles, rares ou critiques de phanérogames de la Tunisie, 1895 Français&#160;: dessin d'Aristida congesta Roem. &amp; Schult. subsp. congesta
context_page_description: Aristida congesta is a species of grass native to all provinces of South Africa as well as Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, and Mozambique. The SANBI Red List classifies it as "safe."
  SANBI mentions two subspecies:
  Aristida congesta Roem. & Schult. subsp. congestaAristida congesta Roem. & Schult. subsp. barbicollis De Winter[2]
  It is a thick perennial tussock that grows 10–75 cm high. The leaves can be flat or folded. The plumes are 3–20 cm long. The spikelets have uneven husks. The upper portion is the widest, at 6.5–10 mm. It can be found on deciduous woodland on rocky slopes and weathered areas.
context_section_description: It has little value for grazing except when young:
caption: Sketch by Roem and Schult
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