Hamamelidaceae
Ozark witchhazel
Hamamelis vernalis
- Family
- Hamamelidaceae
- Genus
- Hamamelis
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- مشتركة ربيعية
- arz
- هاماميليس فرناليس
- Belarusian
- Гамамеліс вясенні
- Chinese
- 春金缕梅
- English
- Ozark witchhazel
Synonyms
- Hamamelis vernalis f. carnea Rehder
- Hamamelis vernalis f. tomentella Rehder
- Hamamelis vernalis var. tomentella (Rehder) E.J.Palmer
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cbaile19, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.