Cynosurus cristatus, the crested dog's-tail, is a short-lived perennial grass in the family Poaceae, characterised by a seed head that is flat on one side. It typically grows in species rich grassland

A ligule is a thin outgrowth at the junction of leaf and leafstalk of many grasses and sedges. A ligule is also a strap-shaped extension of the corolla, such as that of a ray floret in plants in the d