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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fothergilla major   FAMILY Hamamelidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Fothergilla major

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Fothergilla major

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)

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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image of Fothergilla major, Large Witch-alder, Mountain Witch-alder, Fothergilla

Alan S. Weakley    asw_2993557077443663

April    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

Flowers with white stamens, no petals, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Fothergilla major, Large Witch-alder, Mountain Witch-alder, Fothergilla

JK Marlow    jkm0305zc_13

May    Buncombe County    NC

Botanical Gardens at Asheville

Leaves lobed or coarsely toothed near tip, or entire; base rounded or slightly cordate, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).


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 major, Large Witch-alder, Mountain Witch-alder, Fothergilla

JK Marlow    jkm0405i_13

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Fothergilla major, Large Witch-alder, Mountain Witch-alder, Fothergilla

JK Marlow    jkm160502_030

May    Transylvania County    NC

In cultivation

image of Fothergilla major, Large Witch-alder, Mountain Witch-alder, Fothergilla

JK Marlow    jkm160504_470

May    Jackson County    NC

Pulley Park

image of Fothergilla major, Large Witch-alder, Mountain Witch-alder, Fothergilla

JK Marlow    jkm231025_6352

October    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

The lowermost secondary veins forming a V shape in an otherwise larger cordate or rounded base, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Fothergilla major, Large Witch-alder, Mountain Witch-alder, Fothergilla

JK Marlow    jkm0511c_04

November    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Fothergilla major, Large Witch-alder, Mountain Witch-alder, Fothergilla

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmfmajor_occ1

Month Unknown    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
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 Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Fothergilla major

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
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

 

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574

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Dry ridgetop forests of middle elevation ridges in the mountains, especially along the Blue Ridge Escarpment, summits and upper slopes of Piedmont monadnocks, north-facing bluffs and along small streams in the lower Piedmont, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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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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