[Mouse-tails: The Genus Myosurus in Mt. Adams Country]

Least Mouse-tail, Tiny Mouse-tail, Common Mouse-tail

Myosurus minimus

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

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 least mouse-tail as seen in wetlands along Kreps Lane, Conboy Lake NWR.........May, 19, 2007.
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 flowers and linear leaves of least mouse-tail as seen in wetlands along Kreps Lane, Conboy Lake NWR.........May, 19, 2007.

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.
Paul Slichter