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§1 Plant

Myosurus minimus L.

vernacular tiny mousetail — species · Ranunculaceae

USDA
MYMI2
GBIF
3033605
Rank
species
tiny mousetail (Myosurus minimus)
Platephotograph · Tomasz Piotr KozlowskiCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Ranunculaceae Juss.
Genus
Myosurus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 425 counties across 24 states/territories
Legend Native · 425 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Low
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
Medium
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
52 °F minimum
Frost-free days
80 min.
Precipitation
14–55 in/yr
pH range
5.2–7.5
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Moderate
Mature height
0.4 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Green
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
175,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 425 counties across 24 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 31 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 61 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 45 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 30 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 73 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 13 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 26 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 37 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/MYMI2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3033605 ↗

Record version

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