Flora of North America species comparison

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Fothergilla major

mountain witch alder
Habit Shrubs, 7-65 dm; branches robust.
Leaves

blade broadly elliptic or somewhat orbiculate to obovate, asymmetric, 2.5-13.5 × 4.2-12.5 cm, base rounded to truncate, rarely cuneate, often oblique, proximal margins entire, distal margins coarsely sinuate to repand, rarely entire, apex short-acuminate to rounded and mucronate;

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

veins (4-)5-6(-7) pairs.
Inflorescences

nearly sessile to short-pedunculate, 3-6 × 2-3 cm.
Flowers

calyx lobes persistent in fruit;

stamens (10-)22-34;

filaments 6-17 mm.
Capsules

5.5-13 mm.
Seeds

5-6(-8) mm, apex pointed.
Fruiting

spikes 3.5-7 × 1.5-2.5 cm.
2n

= 72.

Fothergilla major
Phenology Flowering spring (Apr–May).
Habitat Bluffs, dry rocky woodlands, talus slopes, riverbanks, upper piedmont to mountains
Elevation 150-1300 m (500-4300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; GA; NC; SC; TN
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Discussion

The disjunct occurrence of Fothergilla major in Arkansas is a recent discovery.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Hamamelidaceae > Fothergilla
Sibling taxa
F. gardenii
Synonyms F. alnifolia var. major, F. monticola
Name authority (Sims) Sweet: Hort. Suburb. Lond., 124. (1818)
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