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|accepted_name=Myosurus cupulatus
|accepted_authority=S. Watson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=17: 362. 1882
|year=1882
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Myosurus;Myosurus cupulatus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ranunculaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Myosurus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Myosurus cupulatus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> 3.3-16 cm. <b>Leaf</b> blades linear or very narrowly oblanceolate, 1.8-9.5 cm. <b>Inflorescences</b>: scapes 2.2-12 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals faintly 3-veined, scarious margins narrow or absent; petal claw 1-3 times as long as blade. <b>Heads</b> of achenes 13-42 × 2-3 mm, long-exserted from leaves. <b>Achenes</b>: outer face orbiculate or sometimes square, 0.8-1.2 × 0.6-1 mm, 0.8-1.2 times as high as wide, bordered by prominent ridge; beak 0.6-1.2 mm, 0.6-1.2 times as long as body of achene body, weakly divergent from outer face of achene, heads of achenes thus roughened by projecting achene beaks. <b>2n</b>=16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late winter–spring (Mar–May).
|habitat=Dry hillsides or canyon bottoms in shrubland
|elevation=350-1800 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Utah;Mexico (Baja California and Sonora).
|discussion=<p>The Navaho-Ramah used <i>Myosurus cupulatus</i> medicinally both externally and internally as an aid for ant bites or swallowing an ant (D.E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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name=Myosurus cupulatus
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering late winter–spring (Mar–May).
|habitat=Dry hillsides or canyon bottoms in shrubland
|elevation=350-1800 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Utah;Mexico (Baja California and Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1882
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Myosurus
|species=Myosurus cupulatus
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