Bristly Mousetail - Myosurus apetalus
Other Names:
Myosurus aristatus
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S3
C-value:
4
Agency Status
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Scapes 1–5 cm. Leaf blades linear to oblanceolate, 9–30 mm. Flowers with scarious-margined sepals ca. 2 mm long. Achenes 1–2 mm long with a beak 0.6–1.2 mm long, in a cluster 5–16 mm long (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Our plants are varieties
borealis Whittemore or
montanus (G.R. Campb.) Whittemore.