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Corylopsis pauciflora
Also called Buttercup winterhazel
Buttercup winter-hazel is a deciduous, spreading shrub from Taiwan and Japan, grown for its pale yellow pendent flowers in early spring. It is a species, not a genus, and does best in a sheltered spot in a temperate garden.
Corylopsis pauciflora, the buttercup witch hazel or winter hazel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hamamelidaceae, native to Taiwan and Japan. It is a deciduous, spreading shrub growing to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall by 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) wide. It produces masses of pale yellow flowers in pendent racemes in early spring, followed by leaves opening bronze and turning to rich green. It is cultivated in gardens and parks in temperate regions.
The Latin specific epithet pauciflora means "with few flowers". This refers to the low number of flowers per inflorescence compared to other Corylopsis, not to the total number of flowers per plant.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Corylopsis pauciflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
