Viburnaceae
Moschatel
Adoxa moschatellina
- Family
- Viburnaceae
- Genus
- Adoxa
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Common names
By language (38)
- Arabic
- أدوكسة مسكية, عنب مسكي
- arz
- ادوكسا
- Belarusian
- Адокса мускусная
- Bulgarian
- Мешковица
- Chinese
- 五福花, 连福草
- Croatian
- Adoxa
- Czech
- Pižmovka mošusová
- Danish
- Desmerurt
- Dutch
- Muskuskruid
- English
- Moschatel, Muskroot, Townhall clock
- Estonian
- Muskuslill
- Finnish
- Tesmayrtti
- French
- Moscatelline, Adoxe moscatelline
- German
- Moschuskraut, Bisamkraut, Moscatelline
- hsb
- Wšědna pižmonka, Smjerdźenk
- Hungarian
- Pézsmaboglár
- Irish
- Moscadal
- Japanese
- レンプクソウ
- Kazakh
- Байсат, Адокса
- Korean
- 연복초, 연복초속
- kw
- Muskles
- Latvian
- Muskusa bezslavīte
- Lithuanian
- Muskusinis ūksminas, Moscatelline
- Macedonian
- Пиженце
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Moskusurt, Adoxa
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Moskusurt
- os
- Сисли
- Persian
- آدوکسا مسچاتلینا
- Polish
- Piżmaczek wiosenny
- Portuguese
- Adoxa, Moscatelina
- Russian
- Адокса мускусная, Мускатница, Мускусная трава, Мускусница
- Slovak
- Pižmovka mošusová
- Slovenian
- Navadna pižmica
- Spanish
- Adoxa, Moscatelina, Moschatel, Ramillo moscatel
- Swedish
- Desmeknopp, Moscatelline, Myskört
- Tatar
- Исле гамбәр чәчәге, Исле җофар гөле
- Ukrainian
- Пижмівка звичайна, Адокса мускусна, Пижмичка
- Welsh
- Mwsglys
Synonyms
- Adoxa inodora Falc. ex C.B.Clarke
- Adoxa inodora (Falc. ex C.B.Clarke) Nepomn.
- Adoxa insularis Nepomn.
- Adoxa moschata Dulac
- Adoxa moschatellina f. japonica (H.Hara) H.Hara
- Adoxa moschatellina var. inodora Falc. ex C.B.Clarke
- Adoxa moschatellina var. insularis (Nepomn.) S.Y.Li & Z.H.Ning
- Adoxa moschatellina var. japonica H.Hara
- Adoxa moschatellina var. moschatellina
- Adoxa orientalis Nepomn.
- Adoxa tuberosa Gray
- Moschatella adoxa Scop.
- Moschatellina generalis E.H.L.Krause
- Moschatellina tetragona Moench
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 1,913 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: GerryF, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John A Haskins, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Press, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter Crowcroft, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.