Six species, see text Sartidia is a genus of Southern African and Madagascan plants in the grass family.

It was split from Aristida in 1963 by South African botanist Bernard de Winter[1] and contains six known species, of which Sartidia perrieri is considered extinct.

[2] Their natural habitats are warm, semi-arid savanna and dry forest at altitudes of 800–2,000 m (2,600–6,600 ft) where rainfall ranges from 250 to 1,500 mm per year.

[2] They are perennial grasses with inflorescence in a panicle.

Phylogenetic analyses suggest that Sartidia is the sister genus of Stipagrostis, an important C4 genus from Africa and Southwest Asia.