NameThatPlant.net: Fothergilla parvifolia

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fothergilla gardenii FAMILY Hamamelidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Fothergilla gardenii

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Fothergilla gardenii

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)

Fothergilla gardenii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 095-03-001?:

Fothergilla gardenii FAMILY Hamamelidaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Fothergilla parvifolia

COMMON NAME:
Kearney's Witch-alder

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Fothergilla parvifolia FAMILY Hamamelidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fothergilla gardenii FAMILY Hamamelidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Fothergilla gardenii

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Fothergilla gardenii

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Fothergilla gardenii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 095-03-001?:
Fothergilla gardenii FAMILY Hamamelidaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fothergilla parvifolia

4883

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Wet savannas, pocosins, and margins of pocosins, and pitcherplant bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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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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