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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Fothergilla gardenii   FAMILY Hamamelidaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fothergilla gardenii   FAMILY Hamamelidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Fothergilla gardenii

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Fothergilla gardenii

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)

Fothergilla gardenii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 095-03-001:

Fothergilla gardenii   FAMILY Hamamelidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Fothergilla gardeni

 

COMMON NAME:
Coastal Witch-alder, Pocosin Witch-alder, Dwarf Witch-alder, Fothergilla


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image of Fothergilla gardenii, Coastal Witch-alder, Pocosin Witch-alder, Dwarf Witch-alder, Fothergilla

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_foga_001_lvd

        

image of Fothergilla gardenii, Coastal Witch-alder, Pocosin Witch-alder, Dwarf Witch-alder, Fothergilla

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 (Hunter, 2002).

image of Fothergilla gardenii, Coastal Witch-alder, Pocosin Witch-alder, Dwarf Witch-alder, Fothergilla

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 (Hunter, 2002).

image of Fothergilla gardenii, Coastal Witch-alder, Pocosin Witch-alder, Dwarf Witch-alder, Fothergilla

JK Marlow    jkm130420_421

April    Transylvania County    NC

In cultivation

image of Fothergilla gardenii, Coastal Witch-alder, Pocosin Witch-alder, Dwarf Witch-alder, Fothergilla

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_f_gardenii_1b

April        

image of Fothergilla gardenii, Coastal Witch-alder, Pocosin Witch-alder, Dwarf Witch-alder, Fothergilla

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).

image of Fothergilla gardenii, Coastal Witch-alder, Pocosin Witch-alder, Dwarf Witch-alder, Fothergilla

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).

image of Fothergilla gardenii, Coastal Witch-alder, Pocosin Witch-alder, Dwarf Witch-alder, Fothergilla

Will Stuart    wil_f_gardenii_544

April    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

image of Fothergilla gardenii, Coastal Witch-alder, Pocosin Witch-alder, Dwarf Witch-alder, Fothergilla

JK Marlow    jkm0305v_21

May    Buncombe County    NC

NC Arboretum

'Mt. Airy' Fothergilla ×intermedia (a hybrid of tetraploid F. gardenii and hexaploid F. major).

image of Fothergilla gardenii, Coastal Witch-alder, Pocosin Witch-alder, Dwarf Witch-alder, Fothergilla

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 (Nelson, 2006).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Hazel Alder, Hazelnut, Witch Hazel and Witch-alder

image of Fothergilla gardenii, Coastal Witch-alder, Pocosin Witch-alder, Dwarf Witch-alder, Fothergilla

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 (2022).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Fothergilla gardenii   FAMILY Hamamelidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fothergilla gardenii   FAMILY Hamamelidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Fothergilla gardenii

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Fothergilla gardenii

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Fothergilla gardenii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 095-03-001:
Fothergilla gardenii   FAMILY Hamamelidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fothergilla gardeni

 

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573

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Wet savannas, pocosins, and margins of pocosins, and pitcherplant bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in GA)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
Petals absent
Bisexual? Mostly unisexual?

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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