Fothergilla gardenii
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Hamamelidaceae |
| Genus: | Fothergilla |
| Species: | F. gardenii |
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Fothergilla gardenii L. |
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Fothergilla gardenii, also known by the common names Witch Alder,dwarf fothergilla,American wych hazel, and dwarf witchalder is a deciduous shrub in the Hamamelidaceae family. It is one of two species in the genus Fothergilla.
Native to the southeastern USA, from North Carolina to Alabama.
The cultivar 'Blue Mist' is grown for its glaucous blue-green foliage.
Fothergilla is named for Dr. John Fothergill (1712-1780) of Stratford, Essex, a physician and introducer of American plants.
Gardenii is named for Dr. Alexander Garden (1730-1791), an Anglo-American botanist and correspondent with Carl Linnaeus.
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