[The Buttercup Family in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Mousetails of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Myosurus

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

The photo above shows a close-up of the flower of least mouse-tail as seen in wetlands along Kreps Lane, Conboy Lake NWR.........May, 19, 2007. Note the spur at the base of each sepal and the overlapping achenes arranged on the receptacle.

Least Mousetail, Small Mousetail, Tiny Mousetail: Myosaurus minimus (Synonyms: Myosurus clavicaulis, 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. clavicaulis, Myosurus minimus var. filiformus, Myosurus minimus var. interior, Myosurus minimus var. lepturus, Myosurus minimus var. major) -

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