Adoxa moschatellina var. moschatellina(moschatel, "Renpukuso")
Japanese name: レンプクソウ(連福草) Scientific name:Adoxa moschatellina var. moschatellina
[Overview]
A perennial 5–15 cm tall, found mainly in forests along streams.
The whole plant is soft and hairless.
It extends slender underground stems and often forms small colonies.
There are basal leaves and stem leaves; 1–2 basal leaves appear, and they are twice ternately compound, with pinnately divided leaflets.
The stem leaves are opposite, with only one pair, and are 3-lobed.
Five flowers gather in a head at the stem tip.
The flowers are small and yellowish green; the terminal flower has a 4-lobed corolla and 8 stamens, while the surrounding flowers have a corolla with 5–6 lobes and 10–12 stamens.
The fruit is a spherical drupe.