Cynosurus Cristatus

Crested Dog’s-tail (Cynosurus cristatus) is an ornamental plant, but also found in the wild typically in species rich grassland. It is a perennial short-lived plant characterised by a seed head that is flat on one side. It thrives in a variety of soil types but avoids the acid and calcerous extremes of the pH spectrum. It prefers well drained soils.,

It is also known as Crételle (French) and Wiesen kammgras (German, meaning meadows comb grass). The Latin Cynosurus cristatus means 'addled crested or tufted'.