Festuca cristata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 76. 1753.

"Habitat in Lusitanae collibus sterilibus." RCN: 629.

Lectotype (Sherif & Siddiqi in El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 145: 167. 1988): Herb. Linn. No. 92.24 (LINN) .

Current name: Rostraria cristata (L.) Tzvelev ( Poaceae).