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Myosurus minimus L.

mousetail (Ranunculaceae)

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Myosurus minimus is an easily overlooked annual of bare mud, usually where trampled by livestock; its receptacle becomes greatly elongated beyond the ring of stamens, nectaries and spurred sepals.

Netherton (VC22: Berkshire); 2018-04-25

 mousetail / Myosurus minimus: _Myosurus minimus_ is an easily overlooked annual of bare mud, usually where trampled by livestock; its receptacle becomes greatly elongated beyond the ring of stamens, nectaries and spurred sepals.

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