Witch-hazel
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This article is about the plant genus. For other uses, see Witch hazel (disambiguation).
Witch-hazels or witch hazels (Hamamelis) are a genus of flowering plants in the family Hamamelidaceae, with three species in North America (H. ovalis,[1] H. virginiana, and H. vernalis), and one each in Japan (H. japonica) and China (H. mollis). The North American species are occasionally called winterbloom.[2][3]
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Witch-hazel | |
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Hamamelis virginiana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Hamamelidaceae |
Subfamily: | Hamamelidoideae |
Tribe: | Hamamelideae A.DC. |
Genus: | Hamamelis Gronov. ex L. |
Type species | |
Hamamelis virginiana L. |
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