Flora of North America species comparison

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Fothergilla gardenii

dwarf witch-alder
Habit Shrubs, 3-10(-20) dm; branches slender.
Leaves

blade elliptic-oblong, obovate, or somewhat orbiculate, symmetric, 1.9-6 × 1.3-4.5 cm, base rounded to truncate, rarely oblique, proximal margins entire, distal margins dentate and mucronate-toothed or entire, apex acute to obtuse or rounded;

surfaces abaxially glaucous or green, adaxially green, both surfaces stellate-pubescent;

veins 4-5 pairs.
Inflorescences

sessile or short-pedunculate, 1.5-4.2 × 1.5-3.5 cm.
Flowers

calyx lobes obsolete in fruit;

stamens 12-24;

filaments 4-12 mm.
Capsules

6-12 mm.
Seeds

4-6 mm, apex blunt.
Fruiting

spikes 2.3-4.3 × 1.5-2 cm.
2n

= 48.

Fothergilla gardenii
Phenology Flowering spring (Mar–May).
Habitat Sandy pine woods, sphagnum swamps and bogs, Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains
Elevation 0-185 m (0-600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; GA; NC; SC
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Discussion

Nomenclaturally Fothergilla alnifolia Linnaeus f. is illegitimate.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Hamamelidaceae > Fothergilla
Sibling taxa
F. major
Synonyms F. carolina, F. parvifolia
Name authority Murray: in Linnaeus, Syst. Veg. ed. 13, 418. (1774)
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