Fothergilla gardenii

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Fothergilla gardenii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Genus: Fothergilla
Species:
F. gardenii
Binomial name
Fothergilla gardenii
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Fothergilla gardenii foliage

Fothergilla gardenii, also known by the common names witch alder, [1] dwarf fothergilla, [2] American wych hazel, [3] pocosin witchalder, and dwarf witchalder[ citation needed ] is a deciduous shrub in the Hamamelidaceae family. It is one of two species in the genus Fothergilla. [1] [2]

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Description

Distribution

Native to the southeastern USA, [1] [2] from North Carolina to Alabama. [2]

Cultivation

Cultivars

The cultivar 'Blue Mist' is grown for its glaucous blue-green foliage. [1] [2]

Etymology

Fothergilla is named for Dr. John Fothergill (1712-1780) of Stratford, Essex, a physician and introducer of American plants. [3]

Gardenii is named for Dr. Alexander Garden (1730-1791), an Anglo-American botanist and correspondent with Carl Linnaeus. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Brickell, Christopher "The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z of Garden Plants (Volume 1: A-J)", 3rd ed. Copyright 1996, 2003, 2008 Dorling Kindersley Ltd., London. ISBN   9781405332965 pp. 452-453
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Hogan, Sean, chief consultant. 2003, 2004. "Flora A Gardener's Encyclopedia", Global Nook Publishing Pty Ltd, Timber Press. ISBN   0881925381. pp. 608
  3. 1 2 3 Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN   9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN   9780521685535 (paperback). pp 169, 175