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Fothergilla major

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Species of flowering plant

Fothergilla major
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Genus: Fothergilla
Species: F. major
Binomial name
Fothergilla major
Lodd.
Synonyms
  • Fothergilla latifolia

Fothergilla major, the large witch alder or mountain witch alder, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Fothergilla, family Hamamelidaceae, that is native to woodland and swamps in the Allegheny Mountains and southern Appalachian Mountains of the southeastern United States. It is a deciduous shrub growing to 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) with fragrant white bottlebrush flowers appearing along with, or before, the glossy leaves. The leaves often turn brilliant shades of red and orange in autumn.

Fothergilla major prefers full sun to part shade and is disease and insect resistant. It thrives in moist, acidic soils, but is fairly drought tolerant. It is hardy in USDA hardiness zones 4–8.

This plant is named for the English physician and plant collector John Fothergill (1712-1780). The Latin specific epithet major means "larger". It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

References

  1. Fothergilla major NatureServe
  2. "Fothergilla latifolia (Large Fothergilla, Large Witch-alder)". NC State Extensiona. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Fothergilla major - Plant Finder". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  4. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  5. "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  6. "Fothergilla latifolia (Large Fothergilla, Large Witch-alder) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox". plants.ces.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  7. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
  8. "Fothergilla major AGM". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  9. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 39. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

External links

  • Flint, Franklin F. (July 1957). "Megasporogenesis and Megagametogenesis in Fothergilla gardeni Murr. and Fothergilla Major Lodd". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 76 (3). Blackwell Publishing: 307–311. doi:10.2307/3223894.
Taxon identifiers
Fothergilla major


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