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Fothergilla latifolia
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Fothergilla latifolia, the large witch alder or mountain witch alder, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Fothergilla, family Hamamelidaceae, that is native to woodland and swamps in the Allegheny Mountains and southern Appalachian Mountains of the southeastern United States. It is a deciduous shrub growing to 2.5 m with fragrant white bottlebrush flowers appearing along with, or before, the glossy leaves. The leaves often turn brilliant shades of red and orange in autumn.
- Family
- Hamamelidaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Fothergilla latifolia
- Slug
- fothergilla-latifolia
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Hamamelidaceae
- Genus
- Fothergilla
- Species
- latifolia
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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