crested dog's-tail
Scientific name: Cynosurus cristatus
Family: Poaceae
Other common names;
Flowering time:
Height: to 75cm
Growing conditions: a lowland species and does not like to be waterlogged
Nectar source for:
Food source for: caterpillars of several butterfly species in the brown and skipper families
Description
Once grown as a crop and used for making bonnets, it is a common, tufted perennial grass.
How to identify: grows in compact tufts, it is a stiff looking grass with narrow, green leaves. It has short, upright flower spikes and a tightly packed cluster of spikelets in a long rectangular shape.
How to propagate:
Family: Poaceae
Other common names;
Flowering time:
Height: to 75cm
Growing conditions: a lowland species and does not like to be waterlogged
Nectar source for:
Food source for: caterpillars of several butterfly species in the brown and skipper families
Description
Once grown as a crop and used for making bonnets, it is a common, tufted perennial grass.
How to identify: grows in compact tufts, it is a stiff looking grass with narrow, green leaves. It has short, upright flower spikes and a tightly packed cluster of spikelets in a long rectangular shape.
How to propagate: