Winter Jasmine of China

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C Claiborne Ray, Flower in Winter. New York Times, Jan 17, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/1 ... loom-in-winter.html
("When winter jasmine blooms in central China, where it is native, there are moths, flies and small bees to pollinate it, Dr. Barringer said, but when it blooms in the Northeastern United States, pollinators are mostly dormant")

Note:
(a) Jasminum nudiflorum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasminum_nudiflorum
(also known as winter jasmine)
(b) For "Chinese witch-hazel," see Hamamelis mollis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamamelis_mollis
(c) For "Japanese camellia," see Camellia japonica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camellia_japonica

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Camellia sinensis is the tea plant.
(d) Viburnum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viburnum
(a genus, including Viburnum japonicum)
(e) Symplocarpus foetidus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symplocarpus_foetidus
(also known as skunk cabbage)