Fothergilla

Fothergilla (witch alder) is a genus of two to four species of flowering plants in the family Hamamelidaceae, native to woodland and swamps of the southeastern United States.

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Vinony's link graph records 27 inbound references to Fothergilla, and connects out to plant, flower and leaf.

Vinony files it under Flora of Alabama, Hamamelidaceae and Hamamelidaceae genera.

Vinony links it to 19 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Coastal Witch-Alder

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderSaxifragales
FamilyHamamelidaceae

Native toAlabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

Observations2,723

Observations recorded2,305

Die Federbuschsträucher (Fothergilla) sind eine Pflanzengattung innerhalb der Familie der Zaubernussgewächse (Hamamelidaceae). Die etwa vier Arten kommen in den südöstlichen USA vor und dort wird der englischsprachige Trivialname Witch-alder verwendet. Aufgrund ihrer hübschen Blüten und des farbenprächtigen Herbstlaubs werden zwei Arten als Zierpflanzen verwendet.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 87
With media: 67
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Collections: CAS, NCSC, UOMNH, MACF, ANSP, MO
Recorded in: United States, Netherlands

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Hamamelidaceae
Image: Fothergilla gardenii.jpg

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taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Fothergilla
Commons category: Fothergilla
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4741
topic's main category: Category:Fothergilla
taxon common name: 弗特吉属
taxonomic type: Fothergilla gardenii

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Fothergilla (witch alder) is a genus of two to four species of flowering plants in the family Hamamelidaceae, native to woodland and swamps of the southeastern United States.

They are low-growing deciduous shrubs growing to tall with downy twigs. The brush-like flowers are produced before the leaves in spring on terminal spikes; they do not have any petals, but a conspicuous cluster of white stamens 2–3 cm long. The leaves are alternate, broad ovoid, 4–10 cm long and 3–8 cm broad, with a coarsely toothed margin; they are noted for their brilliant orange or red fall colors.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fothergilla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.