Hamamelidaceae
American witchhazel
Hamamelis virginiana
- Family
- Hamamelidaceae
- Genus
- Hamamelis
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- مشتركة فرجينية, المشتركة همامليس, بندق الساحرة
- arz
- هاماميليس فيرجينيا
- azb
- ویرجینیا هامامهلیسی
- Azerbaijani
- Virciniya hamamelisi
- Belarusian
- Гамамеліс віргінскі
- Chinese
- 北美金縷梅, 北美金缕梅, 弗吉尼亚金缕梅, 維吉尼亞金縷梅
- Czech
- Vilín virginský
- Danish
- Virginsk Troldnød
- Dutch
- Amerikaanse toverhazelaar
- English
- American witchhazel, American witch-hazel, Common witch hazel, Witch-hazel
- Esperanto
- Virginia hamamelido
- Estonian
- Virgiinia nõiapuu
- Finnish
- Amerikantaikapähkinä, Taikapähkinä
- French
- Hamamélis de Virginie
- German
- Virginische Zaubernuss, Herbstblühende Zaubernuss, Zauberhasel
- Hungarian
- Nagylevelű csodamogyoró
- Italian
- Amamelide
- Lithuanian
- Sodinis hamamelis
- Macedonian
- Хамамелис
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Virginiatrollhassel
- Polish
- Oczar wirginijski
- Russian
- Гамамелис вирджинский, Гамамелис виргинский
- Slovenian
- Virginski nepozebnik
- Spanish
- Avellano de bruja
- Swedish
- Amerikansk trollhassel
- Turkish
- Amerikan cadı fındığı, Cadı fındığı, Yaygın cadı fındığı
- Ukrainian
- Чарівний горіх вірґінський
Synonyms
- Hamamelis virginiana subsp. virginiana
- Hamamelis virginiana var. angustifolia Nieuwl.
- Hamamelis virginiana var. orbiculata Nieuwl.
- Hamamelis virginica var. macrophylla (Pursh) Nutt.
- Hamamelis virginica var. parvifolia Nutt.
- Trilopus nigra var. catesbiana Raf.
- Trilopus virginiana (L.) Raf.
- Trilopus virginica Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- October to November (from 3,441 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Laura J. Costello, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Loïc Mathieu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Susan Elliott, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brownwaspmantidfly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rob Duval, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rose Zappa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, 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.