Corylopsis Plant

English Name: Flowering HazelType: Shrubs

Corylopsis is a genus of nearly 30 species of shrubs in the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, native to eastern Asia with the majority of species endemic in China but with some also in Japan, Korea, and the Himalaya. This genus is also known from the extinct species Corylopsis reedae described from Eocene leaf fossils found in Washington State, USA.