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Photographer: Robert H. Read
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Family Adoxaceae
Adoxa moschatellina L.
moschatel, musk-root
Adoxa: from Greek adoxos, obscure or insignificant
moschatellina: musky
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| Status: | Threatened |
| Plant: | perennial forb, 2"-8" tall, delicate, with a musky odor |
| Flower: | yellow to green, 4-5-parted, 1/4"-1/3" wide, petals united; inflorescence a head-like, long-stalked cluster (cyme); the 4, 5-parted, side flowers at right angles, the top flower 4-parted; blooms May-July |
| Fruit: | dry berry with distinct hard seeds |
| Leaf: | alternate, basal leaves are long-stalked, 3-parted with lobed leaflets; one smaller, opposite pair are a bit above the middle of the stem |
| Habitat: | shade; moist; often mossy forests and shaded cliffs |
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