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African rye is a tufted grass from the Cape Provinces of South Africa, growing up to about 1 m, that is found only in the high Roggeveld plateau. It is a wild relative of cultivated rye and is rarely grown as a garden plant.
Secale africanum, the African rye, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is native to the Cape Provinces. An annual or perennial tufted grass reaching 1 m (3 ft), it is found only in the Roggeveld (the ryefield) at elevations from 1,400 to 1,900 m (4,600 to 6,200 ft). Highly palatable to livestock, it has been assessed as Critically Endangered due to overgrazing.
Secale anatolicum · Rye · Wild Rye · Secale segetale · Secale sylvestre · Wild Rye · Rye
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Secale africanum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
