View source for Fothergilla major

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|accepted_name=Fothergilla major
|accepted_authority=(Sims) Sweet
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Hort. Suburb. Lond.,
|place=124. 1818
|year=1818
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Fothergilla alnifolia var. major
|authority=Sims
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Bot. Mag. 
|publication_place=33: plate 1342. 1810
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Fothergilla monticola
|authority=Ashe
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Hamamelidaceae;Fothergilla;Fothergilla major
|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 major]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 7-65 dm; branches robust. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules 2.8-7(-10.2) mm; petioles 3-10(-18) mm. <b>Leaf</b> blade broadly elliptic or somewhat orbiculate to obovate, asymmetric, 2.5-13.5 × 4.2-12.5 cm, base rounded to truncate, rarely cuneate, often oblique, proximal margins entire, distal margins coarsely sinuate to repand, rarely entire, apex short-acuminate to rounded and mucronate; surfaces abaxially glaucous or green, adaxially green, both surfaces stellate-pubescent or nearly glabrous; veins (4-)5-6(-7) pairs. <b>Inflorescences</b> nearly sessile to short-pedunculate, 3-6 × 2-3 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes persistent in fruit; stamens (10-)22-34; filaments 6-17 mm. <b>Fruiting</b> spikes 3.5-7 × 1.5-2.5 cm. <b>Capsules</b> 5.5-13 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 5-6(-8) mm, apex pointed. <b>2n</b> = 72.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring (Apr–May).
|habitat=Bluffs, dry rocky woodlands, talus slopes, riverbanks, upper piedmont to mountains
|elevation=150-1300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Ga.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.
|discussion=<p>The disjunct occurrence of <i>Fothergilla major</i> in Arkansas is a recent discovery.</p>
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|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Fothergilla major
|authority=Loddiges
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Fothergilla monticola
|basionyms=
|family=Hamamelidaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring (Apr–May).
|habitat=Bluffs, dry rocky woodlands, talus slopes, riverbanks, upper piedmont to mountains
|elevation=150-1300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Ga.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Cab.
|publication year=1829
|special status=Endemic;Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_605.xml
|genus=Fothergilla
|species=Fothergilla major
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