Myosurus minimus ssp. apus Calflora

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Taxon Report

Myosurus minimus L. ssp. apus (Greene) G. R. Campb.

Little mouse tail

Keir Morse

2021 Kipp Pow

2017 Tania Asef

2011 Andrew Borcher

2005 Russell Huddleston

Myosurus minimus ssp. apus is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found in Baja California and Oregon.

California Rare Plant Rank: 3.1 (review list).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~119 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Parent:	Myosurus minimus
Genus:	Myosurus
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs in wetlands

Habitat: vernal-pools

Communities: Freshwater Wetlands, Coastal Sage Scrub, Valley Grassland, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by CNPS

Alternate Names:


POWO	Ranunculus Ã— alopecuroides

Information about Myosurus minimus ssp. apus from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. USDA PLANTS Profile (MYSE2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 3.1 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/19/2025).