English: Tiny mousetail; Mousetail.
Region: Northern Hemisphere.
Habitat: moist, riverbanks, wet meadows.
Botany: annual herb forming a small tuft, to 12 cm tall; leaves linear, narrow, threadlike, up to 6 cm long; inflorescence a single flower; flower elongated, cylindrical or cone-shaped receptacle up to 4 cm long; sepals curving, spurred, petals 5, up to 3 mm long, 10 stamens.