Common Name

Mousetail

Family

Ranunculaceae

Notes

Annual forb to 15cm tall. Leaves basal, 1-8cm long, 0.5-1.5mm wide, linear, hairless. Flowers pale or pale yellow, with 5 petals, sometimes 0 petals, flowers solitary, part way up the flower stems, which arise from the base of the plant.

Description and photo (as Myosurus minimus) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 309

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Myosurus~australis

Photo of flowering plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Currawinya National Park, Qld