Tragus is knob like, either on cheek or lobe. The popularity of tragus piercings began to increase around 2005, according to a BBC report. The tragus protrudes and partially obscures the ear canal, as does the facing antitragus. The head is flattened, with a short snout and triangular ears with a wide tragus. Common graft sites include the temporalis fascia and the tragus. The tragus (a projection inside the ear) is narrow and ends in a rounded tip. It has broad but pointed and ridged ears with a serrated tragus. It has elongated, pointed ears with a tragus that gets ridged at the outer edge. The small ears are oval-shaped with an inconspicuous tragus and antitragus. The ears are short and rounded with a mushroom-shaped tragus. Ears are simple, oval-shaped, and lack a tragus. "Kali tragus" is the so-called "Russian thistle". Because the tragus faces rearwards, it aids in collecting sounds from behind. Linnaeus originally described the species as "Salsola tragus". It lies on the superior margin of the tragus.