Moschatel / Town Hall Clock / Hollowroot (Adoxa moschatellina) (30/03/2024) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. Truly tiny, hopefully the images will clue you in on what to look for to find it! Nothing else like it so if you do find it, easy to ID!
Moschatel / Town Hall Clock / Hollowroot (Adoxa moschatellina) (30/03/2024) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. There are flowers on all four sides - hence the other name "Town Hall Clock".
Moschatel / Town Hall Clock / Hollowroot (Adoxa moschatellina) (30/03/2024) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield.
Moschatel / Town Hall Clock / Hollowroot (Adoxa moschatellina) (30/03/2024) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. I love these green flowers. Some people think they are really boring, but the joy of finding such a tiny flower is quite a thing!
Moschatel / Town Hall Clock / Hollowroot (Adoxa moschatellina) (30/03/2024) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. The tiny nature of this flower means that this beetle is pretty tiny too!
Moschatel / Town Hall Clock / Hollowroot (Adoxa moschatellina) (30/03/2024) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. Can't believe the lens on this camera - 180mm makro - these anthers look huge, as does the five-pronged stigma in the middle. In fact the stigma is probably the size of a felt-tip pen nib.
Moschatel / Town Hall Clock / Hollowroot (Adoxa moschatellina) (30/03/2024) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. Really sparkly flowers under certain flash exposures.
Moschatel / Town Hall Clock / Hollowroot (Adoxa moschatellina) (30/03/2024) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. Pollen-covered anthers surrounding the stigma.
Moschatel / Town Hall Clock / Hollowroot (Adoxa moschatellina) (08/03/2024) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. A bud in the centre of the leaves.
Moschatel / Town Hall Clock / Hollowroot (Adoxa moschatellina) (01/04/2022) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. You really have to hunt for these by knowing what the leaves look like - if you see these leaves, look closely at the plant and you may see some flowers (they are small!).
Moschatel / Town Hall Clock / Hollowroot (Adoxa moschatellina) (15/04/2020) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. The other leaves are Speedwell, the Moschatel leaves are beneath its green flower and towards the centre bottom of the image.
Moschatel / Town Hall Clock / Hollowroot (Adoxa moschatellina) (01/04/2022) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. Lots of foliage and few flowers means you have to really hunt for them!
Moschatel / Town Hall Clock / Hollowroot (Adoxa moschatellina) (01/04/2022) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. Flower buds.
Moschatel / Town Hall Clock / Hollowroot (Adoxa moschatellina) (01/04/2022) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. Showing the gnarly nature of the flower.
Moschatel / Town Hall Clock / Hollowroot (Adoxa moschatellina) (01/04/2022) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield.
Moschatel / Town Hall Clock / Hollowroot (Adoxa moschatellina) (08/03/2024) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. This is a truly tiny plant. If you look out for these leaves, which are often mat-forming, you may be lucky and spot a flower.
Moschatel / Town Hall Clock / Hollowroot (Adoxa moschatellina) (08/03/2024) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. The leaves and the flower bud here are really sparkly under certain flash exposures.
Puccinia adoxae rust on Moschatel leaves (01/04/2022) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. This rust is host-specific and only attacks Moschatel, which I find fascinating.
Puccinia adoxae rust on Moschatel leaves (01/04/2022) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield.