Corylopsis spicata

Corylopsis spicata
Flowers on a branch
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Hamamelidaceae
Genus:	Corylopsis
Species:	C. spicata
Binomial name
Corylopsis spicata Siebold & Zucc.

Corylopsis spicata (winter hazel) is a plant in the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae. It is a shrub with alternate, simple leaves, on thin, flexible, horizontal stems. The flowers are yellow, borne in late winter and early spring.