Plant Description
Deciduous tree to shrub to 10 feet in height; leaves alternate, broad, with rounded, irregular teeth along the margin and an asymmetrical base; flowers in October to December, pale yellow with 4 strap-like petals; fruits mature the following summer, fuzzy brown capsules which split and forcibly eject black seeds.

Hamamelis virginiana, Witchhazel

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