Hamamelis virginica. Witch Hazel.
Classic texts: The American Eclectic Dispensatory, by John King, 1854.
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Hamamelis virginiana L.
Engl.: American witchhazel, witch hazel, snapping hazelnut, spotted alder, winterbloom.
Deu.: Virginische Zaubernuss, Virginia-Zaubernuss, Zaubernuss.
Fran.: hamamélis.
Sven.: amerikansk trollhassel.
Suom.: amerikantaikapähkinä.
Ital.: amamelide.
Bot. syn.: Hamamelis macrophylla Pursh, Hamamelis parvifolia (Nutt.) Raf.
Classic texts: The American Eclectic Dispensatory, by John King, 1854.
Classic texts: Rafinesque 1828-1830.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
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Classic texts: BPC 1911.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
Classic texts: Madaus 1938.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Scudder 1870.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Classic texts: Petersen 1905.
Classic texts: HistVD, 1911.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1887.
Classic texts: Felter 1922.
Classic texts: Ellingwood 1919.
Classic texts: Cook 1869.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
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