Myosurus minimus

Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

Family:	RANUNCULACEAE
Species:	Myosurus minimus L.
Common Name:	Tiny Mousetail
Habitat:	**
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	Annual
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	**
Plant Notes:	Tiny Mousetail is a native herbaceous annual in the Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). It occurs primarily in the northern half of the state. Tiny Mousetail grows in wet, fallow fields, in roadside ditches, and along streams and lakes. It is an annual with a fibrous root system. Plants are from 1-4 inches in height. Leaves are basal, linear to oblanceolate in outline, and entire. The leaves are glabrous and a uniform green on both surfaces. Flowers are solitary on scapes that are longer than the leaves. Flowers have 5 pinkish or yellowish green sepals and no petals. There are 5-25 stamens and an elongated axis of 10-400 simple pistils. The fruit is a head of achenes.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Native
References:	**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	RANUNCULACEAE - Buttercup/Crowfoot family
Genus	Myosurus
Species	Myosurus minimus L. - Tiny Mousetail

Citation

Citation	Myosurus minimus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 284. 1753.
Basionym:	**
Type:	Without data (lectotype: LINN 402.1). Lectotypified by Lourteig in Darwiniana 9 : 562. 1951.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Barbour, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, Etowah, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Morgan, Pickens, Randolph, Talladega, Tuscaloosa

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1967 - 1973

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
AUA_ACC_15572	Colbert	19 Mar 1965	N.W.U. S.N.	AUA Myosurus Minimus L.
JSU128567	Lawrence	27 Apr 1993	Whetstone, R. David 16455	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_55221	Franklin	28 Mar 1972	Kral, Robert 45201	AUA Myosurus Minimus L.
UWAL0047170	Lauderdale	09 Mar 2017	Webb, David H. 8349	UWAL Myosurus minimus L.
UNA00059105	Barbour	16 Mar 2002	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11093	UNA Myosurus minimus L.
JSU128494	Calhoun	15 Apr 1970	Tudor, Jessica s.n.	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
TROY000008141	Barbour	16 Mar 2002	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11093	TROY Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
JSU128565	Jackson	13 Mar 1998	Brodeur, Kristin R. 362	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
JSU128499	Etowah	22 Mar 1984	Nixon, Christopher F. 594	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
JSU128572	Marshall	28 Mar 1973	Whetstone, R. David RDW-1206	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
UWAL0010336	Marengo	01 May 2012	England, J. Kevin 3429	UWAL Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_5109	Colbert	18 Mar 1965	Landers, K.E. S.N.	AUA Myosurus Minimus L.
JSU128562	Etowah	19 Mar 1995	Hodge, Lesley M. 4103	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
UNA00065600	Cherokee	27 Mar 2005	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12220	UNA Myosurus minimus L.
UNA00022063	Lawrence	28 Mar 1973	Kral, Robert 49359	UNA Myosurus minimus L.
UWAL0050877	Etowah	22 Mar 1984	Nixon, C.F. 594	UWAL Myosurus minimus L.
UWAL0039435	Limestone	20 Mar 2017	Webb, David H. 8363	UWAL Myosurus minimus L.
JSU128498	Cullman	31 Mar 1976	Whetstone, R. David 7916	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
JSU128497	Colbert	12 Mar 1970	Landers, Kenneth E. JAT. 1970	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_66118	Cherokee	27 Mar 2005	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12220	AUA Myosurus Minimus L.
JSU128495	Cherokee	20 Mar 1980	Allred, S. 021	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_14085	Etowah	26 Mar 1968	O'Neal, Judy S.N.	AUA Myosurus Minimus L.
JSU128561	Etowah	18 Mar 1982	Minor, Donna K. s.n.	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
JSU128574	Morgan	27 Aug 1976	Whetstone, R. David 7748	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_16933	Etowah	30 Mar 1967	Kral, Robert 27921	AUA Myosurus Minimus L.
JSU128571	Madison	6 Apr 1976	Atkinson, Tim A. 1244	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
UNA00061197	Colbert	16 Mar 2003	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11688	UNA Myosurus minimus L.
JSU128575	Talladega	8 Apr 1994	Whetstone, R. David s.n.	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
TROY000022480	Colbert	16 Mar 2003	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11688	TROY Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
UWAL0005675	Lawrence	04 Apr 1982	Kral, Robert 68109	UWAL Myosurus minimus L.
JSU128569	Limestone	12 Apr 1970	Kral, Robert 38347	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
UWAL0039434	Lawrence	09 Mar 2017	Webb, David H. 8343	UWAL Myosurus minimus L.
UNA00022852	Pickens	08 May 1969	Thomas, Joab L. 2044	UNA Myosurus minimus L.
JSU128496	Colbert	12 Mar 1970	Landers, Kenneth E. s.n.	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
JSU128570	Limestone	10 May 1997	Hofmann, Tim L. 00439	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
JSU128492	Blount	26 Mar 1980	Allred, S. 035	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
JSU128568	Lawrence	26 Apr 1993	Whetstone, R. David 16473	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_26752	Cherokee	24 Apr 1969	Kral, Robert S.N.	AUA Myosurus Minimus L.
UWAL0050036	Colbert	24 Mar 2017	Webb, David H. 8380	UWAL Myosurus minimus L.
TROY000048381	Autauga	14 Mar 2017	Parker, Matthew R. 451	TROY Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
JSU128566	Jackson	14 Mar 1973	Landers, Kenneth E. RDW-232	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
JSU128500	Etowah	26 Mar 1968	Stuart, Martha s.n.	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
TROY000046434	Autauga	19 Mar 2017	Diamond, Alvin R. 27784	TROY Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
JSU128563	Etowah	22 Mar 1984	Whetstone, R. David s.n.	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
JSU128564	Franklin	18 Mar 1994	Whetstone, R. David s.n.	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
JSU128573	Marshall	28 Mar 1973	Whetstone, R. David RDW-1207	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
UWAL0037023	Lawrence	19 Mar 2011	England, J. Kevin 2693	UWAL Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
UWAL0018088	Limestone	30 Apr 1987	Kral, Robert 73804	UWAL Myosurus minimus L.
JSU128491	Blount	31 Mar 1976	Whetstone, R. David 7826	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
UWAL0033580	Randolph	06 Apr 2010	England, J. Kevin 2313	UWAL Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
ALNHS00003867	Lawrence	5 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SP#2170	ALNHS Myosurus minimus L.
UNA00030487	Etowah	30 Mar 1967	Kral, Robert 27921	UNA Myosurus minimus L.
UNA00030467	Tuscaloosa	s.d.	Smith, Eugene A. s.n.	UNA Myosurus minimus L.
TROY000022479	Cherokee	27 Mar 2005	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12220	TROY Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
UWAL0046337	Autauga	14 Mar 2017	Parker, Matthew R. 451	UWAL Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
UWAL0039857	Autauga	19 Mar 2017	Diamond, Alvin R. 27784	UWAL Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
JSU128493	Blount	31 Mar 1976	Whetstone, R. David 7866	JSU Myosurus minimus Linnaeus
UWAL0039394	Lauderdale	10 Mar 2017	Webb, David H. 8353	UWAL Myosurus minimus L.
UWAL0039432	Lawrence	09 Mar 2017	Webb, David H. 8347	UWAL Myosurus minimus L.

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Data last modified: 11/9/2024

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Citation Information:

Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2024. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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Myosurus minimus

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