buttercup winterhazel Hamamelidaceae Corylopsis
pauciflora Siebold & Zucc.
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Leaf: Alternate, simple, broadly ovate, cordate base, 2 to 3 inches long, bristly serrated, sunken veins give the leaf a wrinkled appearance, dark green to blue-green above, paler beneath.
Flower: Attractive, pastel yellow, 1/2 inch long, in hanging clusters (1 to 2 inches long) of 3 to 5 flowers, appear before the leaves in early spring.
Fruit: Small, dry, 2-valved capsule.
Twig: Slender, glabrous, reddish brown, speckled in lighter lenticels; buds large, ovate, pointed.
Bark: Light gray-brown, smooth, becoming a bit scaly with age.
Form: A many branched, widely spreading, small shrub up to 6 feet in height.
Looks like: fragrant winterhazel
- Chinese winterhazel
- dwarf fothergilla