| Scientific Name: | Corylopsis pauciflora |
| Common Name: | buttercup winter hazel |
| Family Name: | Hamamelidaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal, Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant, Spring interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Rugose, Ovate, Ciliate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Yellow, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Capsule, May-Jun |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Shrub open vase, arching, deciduous; leaves ovate, most blades 4-6cm long, sharply serrate, sunken veins, emerge bronze and then turn bright green; racemes on leafless shoots, each with 2-4 florets, fragrant, pale yellow; fruit 2-beaked capsule. Winter ID: twigs zigzag, delicate, reddish brown; flower buds stalked, ovoid, about 6mm long. | |