Corylopsis sinensis
Corylopsis sinensis, the Chinese winter hazel (蜡瓣花 la ban hua), is a species of flowering plant in the witch-hazel family Hamamelidaceae, native to western China. Growing to tall and broad, it is a substantial deciduous shrub. With ovate leaves, it produces delicately fragrant drooping racemes of pale yellow flowers with orange anthers in Spring. 

The Latin specific epithet "sinensis" means "Chinese", "of China". 

There are four varieties and one form recorded:- 
*"Corylopsis sinensis" var. "calvescens"
*"Corylopsis sinensis" var. "glandulifera"
*"Corylopsis sinensis" var. "parvifolia"
*"Corylopsis sinensis" var. "sinensis" 
*"Corylopsis sinensis" fo. "veitchiana"

This plant is cultivated as an ornamental. Though hardy down to , it prefers a sheltered spot in acid soil. Both "C. sinensis" var. "calvescens" f. "veitchiana" and "C. sinensis" var. "sinensis" are recipients of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. 
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