What is "mousetail"

Mousetail \Mouse"tail`\, n. (Bot.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants ( Myosurus), in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse.

n. 1 (context botany English) Any plant of the genus (taxlink Ivesia genus noshow=1), in the rose family. 2 (context botany English) Any plant of the genus (taxlink Myosurus genus noshow=1), in the buttercup family.

Mousetail is used as a common name for species of plants in several genera:

• Ivesia in the rose family
• Myosurus in the buttercup family

:* Myosurus apetalus, bristly mousetail, native to western North and South America

:* Myosurus cupulatus, Arizona mousetail, native to the south-western United States and northern Mexico

:* Myosurus minimus, tiny mousetail, native to much of the Northern Hemisphere

:* Myosurus sessilis, vernal pool mousetail, native to southern Oregon and central California in the United States

• Rhipsalis baccifera, in particular R. baccifera subsp. horrida ( syn. R. horrida), mouse tail or mouse tail cactus