Corylopsis sinensis

Corylopsis sinensis, the Chinese winter hazel (蜡瓣花 la ban hua),[2] is a species of flowering plant in the witch-hazel family Hamamelidaceae, native to western China. Growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall and broad, it is a substantial deciduous shrub. With ovate leaves, it produces delicately fragrant drooping racemes of pale yellow flowers with orange anthers in Spring.[3]

Corylopsis sinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Genus: Corylopsis
Species:
C. sinensis
Binomial name
Corylopsis sinensis

The Latin specific epithet sinensis means "Chinese", "of China".[4]

There are four varieties and one form recorded:-[5]

  • Corylopsis sinensis var. calvescens
  • Corylopsis sinensis var. glandulifera
  • Corylopsis sinensis var. parvifolia
  • Corylopsis sinensis var. sinensis
  • Corylopsis sinensis fo. veitchiana

This plant is cultivated as an ornamental. Though hardy down to −15 °C (5 °F), it prefers a sheltered spot in acid soil. Both C. sinensis var. calvescens f. veitchiana[6] and C. sinensis var. sinensis[7] are recipients of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

References
  1. "Corylopsis sinensis". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
  2. "Corylopsis sinensis". Flora of China – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  3. "Corylopsis sinensis". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  4. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
  5. "Corylopsis sinensis". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  6. "Corylopsis sinensis var. calvescens f. veitchiana". RHS. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  7. "Corylopsis sinensis var. sinensis". RHS. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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