Hamamelis mollis Oliv. - Hamamelidaceae - Chinese witch-hazel, **Chinesische Zaubernuss**

Deciduous shrub or small tree, up to 8m tall, native to China, cultivated as ornamental. It is one of the two parents of the popular garden hybrid [[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamamelis_%C3%97_intermedia|H. × intermedia]] (the other parent is H. japonica), which has many different cultivars.\\
[[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200010554]]

The flowers (yellow with a red base) appear in winter (Europe, January) or spring (China, March to April) on the bare stem. They emit a sweet scent, especially in the evening. \\
[[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinesische_Zaubernuss]] \\
[Blütenökologische Beobachtungen an der Chinesischen Zaubernuß (Hamamelis mollis OLIV.) Hamamelidaceae) im Botanischen Garten in Innsbruck (Österreich)., Schedl, W., Ber.Naturw.-med.Ver. Innsbruck, Vol.79, 1992, 145-152]

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Addisonia, vol.7 t.229 (1922) [M.E.Eaton] \\
[[http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=492780]]

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Hamamelis mollis \\ © Rolf Marschner (2012),  
[[http://botanische-spaziergaenge.at/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=3048| www.botanische-spaziergaenge.at]]

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Hamamelis mollis, Botanischer Garten Marburg 2015, [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/|CC BY-SA 3.0]], Author: Andreas Kraska