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Adoxa moschatellina L.

Muskroot (en), Adoxe (fr), Herbe musquée (fr), Moschatelline (fr), Muscatelle (fr), Adoxe musquée (fr), Moscatelline (fr), Adoxe moscatelline (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Dipsacales > Viburnaceae > Adoxa

Characteristics

Rhizomes 2.5-25 cm. Stems 8-15 cm tall, glabrous. Basal leaves 1-3; petiole 4-9 cm; leaflets broadly ovate or orbicular, 1-2 cm, 3-cleft; petiolules 0.6-1.2 cm. Cauline leaves 2, opposite, 3-cleft or ternate, segments 3-lobed; petiole ca. 1 cm. Peduncle erect in flowers and fruit, inflorescence held above leaves. Inflorescences compact headlike cymes of 5-9 flowers. Flowers sessile or pedicels 0.5-1.5 mm, yellowish green, 4-7 mm in diam. Calyx lobes rectangular, broadly elliptic to ovate, 1.5-3 × ca. 1 mm, apex obtuse. Corolla lobes broadly ovate to orbicular or rectangular, 1.75-3.25 × 2-2.5 mm, apex rounded to obtuse. Ovary semi-inferior to inferior, 4-or 5-loculed. Fruit not seen. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug. 2n = 36.
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Delicate herb with a musky odor, 5–20 cm; basal lvs long-petiolate, ternate, the primary divisions discrete, again 1–2-ternate or parted, the ultimate segments rather broad, thin, round-toothed and mucronate; cauline lvs similar but smaller and less dissected, commonly borne a little above the middle of the shoot; cor yellowish-green, 5–8 mm wide; 2n=36, 54. Moist, often mossy places in forested regions; circumboreal, extending s. to s. Minn., Wis., n. Ill., n. Io., and Delaware Co., N.Y. May–July.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread endozoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.07 - 0.15
Root system creeping-root fibrous-root rhizome
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Flower color
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Spasm (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Images

Habit

Adoxa moschatellina habit picture by Jean-Marie Frenoux (cc-by-sa)
Adoxa moschatellina habit picture by Vladimír Valach (cc-by-sa)
Adoxa moschatellina habit picture by Maxime Dépinoy (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Adoxa moschatellina leaf picture by Marian Jenaru (cc-by-sa)
Adoxa moschatellina leaf picture by 53changes (cc-by-sa)
Adoxa moschatellina leaf picture by K W (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Adoxa moschatellina flower picture by R. Machiels (cc-by-sa)
Adoxa moschatellina flower picture by Eliška Váňová (cc-by-sa)
Adoxa moschatellina flower picture by K W (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Adoxa moschatellina world distribution map, present in Canada, China, France, Pakistan, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:148240-1
WFO ID wfo-0000521309
COL ID 655WH
BDTFX ID 888
INPN ID 80243
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Adoxa moschatellina f. japonica Moschatellina generalis Adoxa inodora Adoxa tuberosa Moschatella adoxa Adoxa insularis Moschatellina tetragona Adoxa moschata Adoxa moschatellina var. inodora Adoxa moschatellina var. insularis Adoxa moschatellina var. japonica Adoxa orientalis Adoxa moschatellina var. moschatellina Adoxa moschatellina

Lower taxons

Adoxa moschatellina subsp. cescae
WorldFloraDB 2024