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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about the Witch-Alders from Linda Chafin and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more about Coastal Witch-alder from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Fothergilla gardenii
FAMILY
Hamamelidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fothergilla gardenii
FAMILY
Hamamelidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 095-03-001:
Fothergilla gardenii
FAMILY
Hamamelidaceae
INCLUDING & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Fothergilla gardeni
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Witch-alder, Dwarf Witch-alder, Small Witch-alder, Fothergilla
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_foga_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm070319_012
March Polk County NC
SC Native Plant Society Plant Sale
The terminal spikes are delicately scented with a sweet honey fragrance, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm070319_012b
March Polk County NC
1-2" spikes of white stamens & yellow anthers form little bottlebrushes, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm130420_421
April Transylvania County NC
Most of the cultivated Fothergilla are a hybrid of F. gardenii and F. major, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_gardenii_1b
April
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Will Stuart wil_f_gardenii_102
April Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Leaves up to 6cm long and 5cm wide (the largest < 5.2cm wide), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Will Stuart wil_f_gardenii_102_crop
April Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Leaves stellate-pubescent above (vs. F. major being sparsely so or glabrous), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Will Stuart wil_f_gardenii_544
April Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm0305v_21
May Buncombe County NC
NC Arboretum
'Mt. Airy' Leaves pale & woolly below with a leathery, quilted appearance, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow s071115_a
November Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
Leaves reminiscent of the closely related small tree, Witch Hazel, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
COMPARE
leaves of Hazel Alder, Hazelnut, Witch Hazel and Witch-alder
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JK Marlow s071115_a2
November Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
Base of lateral veins marginal (vs. included in leaf tissue in Hamamelis), per Weakley's Flora (2012).