[Mouse-tails: The Genus Myosurus East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Common Mouse-tail, Least Mousetail, Least Mouse-tail, Small Mousetail, Tiny Mousetail, Tiny Mouse-tail

Myosurus minimus

Synonyms: Myosurus lepturus, Myosurus lepturus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus ssp. apus, Myosurus minimus ssp. major, Myosurus minimus ssp minimus, Myosurus minimus var. apus, Myosurus minimus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus var. lepturus, Myosurus minimus var. major

Common Mouse-tail, Least Mousetail, Least Mouse-tail, Small Mousetail, Tiny Mousetail, Tiny Mouse-tail: Myosurus minimus (Synonyms: Myosurus lepturus, Myosurus lepturus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus ssp. apus, Myosurus minimus ssp. major, Myosurus minimus ssp minimus, Myosurus minimus var. apus, Myosurus minimus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus var. lepturus, Myosurus minimus var. major)

Common mouse-tail observed in vernally moist wetlands in a drainage along a jeep road about one-half mile northwest of Tumwater Corral Springs, Simcoe Mountains Unit of the Klickitat Wildlife Area.......May 22, 2022.

Scape of Common Mouse-tail, Least Mousetail, Least Mouse-tail, Small Mousetail, Tiny Mousetail, Tiny Mouse-tail: Myosurus minimus (Synonyms: Myosurus lepturus, Myosurus lepturus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus ssp. apus, Myosurus minimus ssp. major, Myosurus minimus ssp minimus, Myosurus minimus var. apus, Myosurus minimus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus var. lepturus, Myosurus minimus var. major) - Common Mouse-tail, Least Mousetail, Least Mouse-tail, Small Mousetail, Tiny Mousetail, Tiny Mouse-tail: Myosurus minimus (Synonyms: Myosurus lepturus, Myosurus lepturus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus ssp. apus, Myosurus minimus ssp. major, Myosurus minimus ssp minimus, Myosurus minimus var. apus, Myosurus minimus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus var. lepturus, Myosurus minimus var. major)

Inflorescence and form of what appears to be least mouse-tail: Myosaurus minimus

Close-up of the head of achenes of Common Mouse-tail, Least Mousetail, Least Mouse-tail, Small Mousetail, Tiny Mousetail, Tiny Mouse-tail: Myosurus minimus (Synonyms: Myosurus lepturus, Myosurus lepturus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus ssp. apus, Myosurus minimus ssp. major, Myosurus minimus ssp minimus, Myosurus minimus var. apus, Myosurus minimus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus var. lepturus, Myosurus minimus var. major) - Head of achenes of Common Mouse-tail, Least Mousetail, Least Mouse-tail, Small Mousetail, Tiny Mousetail, Tiny Mouse-tail: Myosurus minimus (Synonyms: Myosurus lepturus, Myosurus lepturus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus ssp. apus, Myosurus minimus ssp. major, Myosurus minimus ssp minimus, Myosurus minimus var. apus, Myosurus minimus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus var. lepturus, Myosurus minimus var. major) - Common Mouse-tail, Least Mousetail, Least Mouse-tail, Small Mousetail, Tiny Mousetail, Tiny Mouse-tail: Myosurus minimus (Synonyms: Myosurus lepturus, Myosurus lepturus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus ssp. apus, Myosurus minimus ssp. major, Myosurus minimus ssp minimus, Myosurus minimus var. apus, Myosurus minimus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus var. lepturus, Myosurus minimus var. major) - Head of achenes of Common Mouse-tail, Least Mousetail, Least Mouse-tail, Small Mousetail, Tiny Mousetail, Tiny Mouse-tail: Myosurus minimus (Synonyms: Myosurus lepturus, Myosurus lepturus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus ssp. apus, Myosurus minimus ssp. major, Myosurus minimus ssp minimus, Myosurus minimus var. apus, Myosurus minimus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus var. lepturus, Myosurus minimus var. major)

Close-ups of the flowers (achenes beginning to mature) of least mousetail as seen in shallow, vernal pools that have begun to dry up along Swale Creek, Upper Swale Canyon, Klickitat County........April 23, 2010.

Inflorescence of Common Mouse-tail, Least Mousetail, Least Mouse-tail, Small Mousetail, Tiny Mousetail, Tiny Mouse-tail: Myosurus minimus (Synonyms: Myosurus lepturus, Myosurus lepturus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus ssp. apus, Myosurus minimus ssp. major, Myosurus minimus ssp minimus, Myosurus minimus var. apus, Myosurus minimus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus var. lepturus, Myosurus minimus var. major) - Common Mouse-tail, Least Mousetail, Least Mouse-tail, Small Mousetail, Tiny Mousetail, Tiny Mouse-tail: Myosurus minimus (Synonyms: Myosurus lepturus, Myosurus lepturus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus ssp. apus, Myosurus minimus ssp. major, Myosurus minimus ssp minimus, Myosurus minimus var. apus, Myosurus minimus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus var. lepturus, Myosurus minimus var. major) - Inflorescence of Common Mouse-tail, Least Mousetail, Least Mouse-tail, Small Mousetail, Tiny Mousetail, Tiny Mouse-tail: Myosurus minimus (Synonyms: Myosurus lepturus, Myosurus lepturus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus ssp. apus, Myosurus minimus ssp. major, Myosurus minimus ssp minimus, Myosurus minimus var. apus, Myosurus minimus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus var. lepturus, Myosurus minimus var. major)

Close-ups of least mousetail as seen in shallow, vernal pools that have begun to dry up along Swale Creek, Upper Swale Canyon, Klickitat County........May 8, 2010.
Paul Slichter