Common names:
Moschatel, town-hall clock
Family:
Scientific name:
Adoxa moschatellina
Main flower color:
Range:
Most areas of Wales and England; less common in Scotland
Height:
Up to 12 cm
Habitat:
Damp, shady places in woodland and hedgebanks
Flowers:
Clustered, at the top of the hairless stalk; four flowers angled outwards, 90 degrees apart, and a fifth facing upwards. All are greenish in colour. The radial flowers have ten stamens and a five-lobed corolla, while the upper flower, similar in size, has eight stamens and a four-lobed corolla
Leaves:
Fleshy, twice trifoliate, the leaflets shallowly divided into two or three lobes, which have a tiny, blunt spine at the tip; at the base and one opposite pair along the stem
Season:
April to May
Rarity:
★★★★★
