-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Monocots (Class Liliopsida)​

-Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies (Order Poales)

-Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies (Order Poales)

-​Grasses (Family Poaceae)

-Bristlegrasses, Bluestems, Paspalums, and Allies (Subfamily Panicoideae)

-Bristlegrasses, Rosette Grasses, Barnyard Grasses, and Allies (Tribe Paniceae)

-Subtribe Melinidinae

-Red Tops (Genus Melinis)

-Natal Grass (Melinis repens)

Melinis repens (Natal grass) is an erect grass that grows to 28 inches tall and has long reddish or pink silky hairs on the triangular fruit at maturity, fading to silvery white with age.