Adoxa moschatellina




Family Adoxaceae
Scientific name Adoxa moschatellina L.
Synonyms Adoxa inodora (Falconer ex C. B. Clarke) Nepomnyashchaya; Adoxa moschatellina L. var. inodora Falconer ex C. B. Clarke; Moschatellina generalis E. H. L. Krause
Common name (Japanese common name) ren-puku-sou (レンプクソウ, 連福草 [meaning: weed connected with Adonis plant 'Fukujyu-sou (フクジュソウ, 福寿草)' (named by history of specimen collection of the plant which roots was connected with Adonis plants' roots when the first specimen was collected in Japan)]), gorin-bana (ゴリンバナ, 五輪花 [meaning: five flowers])
(English common name) moschatel, muskroot, townhall-clock
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Europe, Canada, USA
Habitat Wet mountane forest
Chromosomal number 2n=36 [European Adoxa moschatellina: 2n= 45, 54]
Description Plants 5-17cm tall. Flowers 5 pale green 4-6mm across, top collora divided into 4 with 8 stamens, seconrary collora divided into 5 with 10 stamens, flowering in March to May. Perennial plants.
Reference Adoxa moschatellina L.
Adoxa moschatellina L.
Adoxa moschatellina L.
Methods of creating dwarf phenotypes in plants (US Patent 20020194646)



April 2008
at Kyoto Botanical Garden
April 2008
at Kyoto Botanical Garden
April 2008
at Kyoto Botanical Garden



April 2008
at Kyoto Botanical Garden
April 2008
at Kyoto Botanical Garden
April 2008
at Kyoto Botanical Garden