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Latin name Family Distribution North America distribution zone Height Foliage Ecology Use Synonym English name French name Spanish name Other name Trade name
Hamamelis virginiana L. Hamamelidaceae MC ME SC North America (Canada: Ontario to Nova Scotia; USA: Minnesota to Maine, Texas to Florida) MC ME SC S[M] D sci [hel] hyg->[xer] neut cl(ob) (twigs were used as divining rods and were named water-witching) dr (bruizes, early European settlers made a tea of the leaves employed for a variety of medicinal purposes, eye-lotions, haemorrhoids, native Americans used it as a cold remedy, dermatological aid, febrifuge, gynecological aid, eye medicine and kidney aid, pleasant-smelling water derived from the leaves and bark used in skin cosmetics, shaving lotions, mouth washes, eye lotion, ointment and soaps, varicose veins) fr pl (culture, grafting stock, ornamental) Hamamelis androgyna Walter Hamamelis corylifolia Moench Hamamelis dioica Walter Hamamelis macrophylla Pursh Hamamelis virginiana var. angustifolia Nieuwl. Hamamelis virginiana var. henryi Jenne Hamamelis virginiana var. orbiculata Nieuwl. Hamamelis virginiana f. parvifolia (Nutt.) Fernald Hamamelis virginiana f. rubescens Rehder Hamamelis virginica var. macrophylla (Pursh) Nutt. Hamamelis virginica var. parvifolia Nutt. Trilopus dentata Raf. Trilopus estivalis Raf. Trilopus nigra Raf. Trilopus nigra var. catesbiana Raf. Trilopus parvifolia (Nutt.) Raf. Trilopus rotundifolia Raf. Trilopus virginica (L.) Raf. common witchhazel; common witch-hazel (Canada); snapping-hazel, southern witch-hazel, spotted-alder, striped-alder, Virginian witch-hazel, winterbloom; witch-hazel (Canada) hamamélis de Virginie; café du diable (Canada); coudrier de Virginie, hamamélis café-du-diable, noisetier des sorcières hamamelis virginiana (italian); Zaubernuss (german)

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Latin name Hamamelis virginiana L.
Family Hamamelidaceae
Distribution MC ME SC North America (Canada: Ontario to Nova Scotia; USA: Minnesota to Maine, Texas to Florida)
North America distribution zone MC ME SC
Height S[M]
Foliage D
Ecology sci [hel] hyg->[xer] neut
Use cl(ob) (twigs were used as divining rods and were named water-witching) dr (bruizes, early European settlers made a tea of the leaves employed for a variety of medicinal purposes, eye-lotions, haemorrhoids, native Americans used it as a cold remedy, dermatological aid, febrifuge, gynecological aid, eye medicine and kidney aid, pleasant-smelling water derived from the leaves and bark used in skin cosmetics, shaving lotions, mouth washes, eye lotion, ointment and soaps, varicose veins) fr pl (culture, grafting stock, ornamental)
Synonym Hamamelis androgyna Walter Hamamelis corylifolia Moench Hamamelis dioica Walter Hamamelis macrophylla Pursh Hamamelis virginiana var. angustifolia Nieuwl. Hamamelis virginiana var. henryi Jenne Hamamelis virginiana var. orbiculata Nieuwl. Hamamelis virginiana f. parvifolia (Nutt.) Fernald Hamamelis virginiana f. rubescens Rehder Hamamelis virginica var. macrophylla (Pursh) Nutt. Hamamelis virginica var. parvifolia Nutt. Trilopus dentata Raf. Trilopus estivalis Raf. Trilopus nigra Raf. Trilopus nigra var. catesbiana Raf. Trilopus parvifolia (Nutt.) Raf. Trilopus rotundifolia Raf. Trilopus virginica (L.) Raf.
English name common witchhazel; common witch-hazel (Canada); snapping-hazel, southern witch-hazel, spotted-alder, striped-alder, Virginian witch-hazel, winterbloom; witch-hazel (Canada)
French name hamamélis de Virginie; café du diable (Canada); coudrier de Virginie, hamamélis café-du-diable, noisetier des sorcières
Spanish name
Other name hamamelis virginiana (italian); Zaubernuss (german)
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