Corylopsis spicata
Spiked Winter Hazel ( Corylopsis spicata )
The spiked Winter Hazel or hazel -spiked flowers ( Corylopsis spicata ) is a bright yellow flowering shrub of the family of witch hazel plants ( Hamamelidaceae ). The natural range of the species is in Japan. It is often used as an ornamental shrub.
Description
The spiked Winter Hazel is up to 2 meters tall shrub with hairy stems. The leaves are divided into petiole and leaf blade. The stem is hairy 1 to 2.5 inches long and woolly. The leaf blade is simple, ovate or elliptic to obovate, acuminate, with heart-shaped or rounded base and finely bristly serrated leaf edge. There shall be six to seven pairs of nerves. The lower leaf surface is green and blue hair.
The inflorescences are 2-4 inches tall spikes from seven to ten flowers and a hairy inflorescence axis. The basal bracts are reddish green and bare. The bracts of the individual flowers are usually hairy. The bright yellow petals are obovate. The stamens are purple. The spiked Winter Hazel blooms rarely in February, mostly from March to April.
Occurrence and habitat requirements
The natural range is located in Japan on the island of Shikoku. The spiked Winter Hazel grows in cool moist forests on well drained, moist to wet, acidic to neutral, sandy or gravelly - rich, moderately fertile soil in light shade, winter mild locations. The species is sensitive to frost and avoid soils with higher lime content.
System
The spiked Winter Hazel ( Corylopsis spicata ) is a species of the genus certificate hazel ( Corylopsis ) in the family of the witch hazel family ( Hamamelidaceae ). There it is the tribe Corylopsideae assigned in the subfamily Hamamelidoideae. Philipp Franz von Siebold and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini have first described in the Flora Japonica type 1836. The genus name is derived from Corylopsis Corylos, the generic name of the hazel, and from the Greek " opsis " for " appearance " from. It thus corresponds to the German name certificate hazel and refers to the resemblance of foliage leaves and inflorescences with those of the hazel. The specific epithet spicata comes from Latin and means " ear of corn shaped ".
Use
The spiked Winter Hazel is often used as an ornamental shrub because of the decorative and fragrant flowers and the impressive autumn color. Similar to Garden forsythia and witch hazel they already blooms from late winter to spring, and is therefore often used in hedges.