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|accepted_name=Fothergilla gardenii
|accepted_authority=Murray in Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in Linnaeus, Syst. Veg. ed.
|place=13, 418. 1774
|year=1774
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Fothergilla carolina
|authority=(Linnaeus) Britton
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Fothergilla parvifolia
|authority=Kearney
}}
|hierarchy=Hamamelidaceae;Fothergilla;Fothergilla gardenii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hamamelidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Fothergilla]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Fothergilla gardenii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="shrub atypical some measurement;shrub some measurement"><b>Shrubs,</b> 3-10 (-20) dm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="branch size">branches slender.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stipule atypical some measurement;stipule some measurement"><b>Leaves:</b> stipules 1.5-4 (-6.1) mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="petiole atypical some measurement;petiole some measurement">petioles 3-8 (-12) mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade architecture or shape;leaf-blade length;leaf-blade width;base shape;base shape;base shape;base orientation or shape;proximal margin architecture or shape;distal margin architecture or shape;distal margin shape;distal margin shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blade elliptic-oblong, obovate, or somewhat orbiculate, symmetric, 1.9-6 × 1.3-4.5 cm, base rounded to truncate, rarely oblique, proximal margins entire, distal margins dentate and mucronate-toothed or entire, apex acute to obtuse or rounded;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="surface pubescence;surface coloration;surface coloration;surface pubescence">surfaces abaxially glaucous or green, adaxially green, both surfaces stellate-pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="vein quantity">veins 4-5 pairs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence length;inflorescence width"><b>Inflorescences </b>sessile or short-pedunculate, 1.5-4.2 × 1.5-3.5 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="calyx lobe prominence"><b>Flowers:</b> calyx lobes obsolete in fruit;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 12-24;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="">filaments 4-12 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="filament some measurement"><b>Fruiting </b>spikes 2.3-4.3 × 1.5-2 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="capsule some measurement"><b>Capsules </b>6-12 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed some measurement"><b>Seeds </b>4-6 mm, apex blunt.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="apex shape;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 48.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring (Mar–May).
|habitat=Sandy pine woods, sphagnum swamps and bogs, Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains
|elevation=0-185 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;N.C.;S.C.
|discussion=<p>Nomenclaturally Fothergilla alnifolia Linnaeus f. is illegitimate.</p>
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|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Fothergilla gardenii
|author=
|authority=Murray in Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Fothergilla carolina;Fothergilla parvifolia
|basionyms=
|family=Hamamelidaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring (Mar–May).
|habitat=Sandy pine woods, sphagnum swamps and bogs, Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains
|elevation=0-185 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;N.C.;S.C.
|reference=None
|publication title=in Linnaeus, Syst. Veg. ed.
|publication year=1774
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V3/V3_401.xml
|genus=Fothergilla
|species=Fothergilla gardenii
|2n chromosome quantity=48
|apex shape=blunt;acute;obtuse or rounded
|base orientation or shape=oblique
|base shape=rounded;truncate
|branch size=slender
|calyx lobe prominence=obsolete
|capsule some measurement=6mm;12mm
|distal margin architecture or shape=dentate
|distal margin shape=entire;mucronate-toothed
|filament some measurement=4mm;12mm
|inflorescence architecture=short-pedunculate;sessile
|inflorescence length=1.5cm;4.2cm
|inflorescence width=1.5cm;3.5cm
|leaf-blade architecture or shape=symmetric
|leaf-blade length=1.9cm;6cm
|leaf-blade shape=orbiculate;obovate;elliptic-oblong
|leaf-blade width=1.3cm;4.5cm
|petiole atypical some measurement=8mm;12mm
|petiole some measurement=3mm;8mm
|proximal margin architecture or shape=entire
|seed some measurement=4mm;6mm
|shrub atypical some measurement=10dm;20dm
|shrub some measurement=3dm;10dm
|stamen quantity=12;24
|stipule atypical some measurement=4mm;6.1mm
|stipule some measurement=1.5mm;4mm
|surface coloration=green;green
|surface pubescence=stellate-pubescent;glaucous
|vein quantity=4;5
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