Above is a track heading up the north slope of the South Downs. Such paths in shady, damp woodland are where Adoxa moschatellina, the Town-hall Clock plant grows. It is easily overlooked as the flower is so tiny.
Take a close look though. It is exquisite.
The flower has five florets in the shape of a cube; four on each vertical face and one on top, like the symmetry of Muslim architecture in a mosque, hence the name moschatellina -- a little mosque.
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