Cladoraphis (common name bristly lovegrass)[2][3] is a genus of African plants in the grass family, native to southern Africa.

C. cyperoides occurs on coastal dunes from Angola all the way to the Cape peninsula.

C. spinosa occurs on sandy flats from Namibia to Cape Agulhas and the Little Karoo.

[12] Cladoraphis spinosa is a spiny, bushy perennial up to 60 cm in height.

Spikelets occur in rigid panicles, and primary branches are persistent, spiny, less than their own length apart, 6–18 mm long, and perpendicular to branchlets.