Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fothergilla major
FAMILY
Hamamelidaceae
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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 Large Witch-alder from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Most cultivated Fothergilla (notably the cultivar 'Mt. Airy') is the pentaploid hybrid of Fothergilla gardenii × major (= F. ×intermedia Ranney & Fantz) (Ranney et al. 2007). Read more in Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fothergilla major
FAMILY
Hamamelidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Fothergilla major
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Fothergilla major
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 095-03-002:
Fothergilla major FAMILY Hamamelidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fothergilla major
COMMON NAME:
Large Witch-alder, Mountain Witch-alder, Fothergilla
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmfmajor_clems1
April Pickens County SC
Clemson University
Flowers with white stamens, no petals, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
JK Marlow jkm0305zc_13
May Buncombe County NC
Botanical Gardens at Asheville
Lf lobed or coarsely toothed near tip, or entire; base rounded or ~ cordate, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
COMPARE
leaves of Hazel Alder, Hazelnut, Witch Hazel and Witch-alder
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fothergilla major
FAMILY
Hamamelidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fothergilla major
FAMILY
Hamamelidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Fothergilla major
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Fothergilla major
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 095-03-002:
Fothergilla major
FAMILY
Hamamelidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fothergilla major