Corylopsis sinensis, the Chinese winter hazel (simplified Chinese: 蜡瓣花; traditional Chinese: 蠟瓣花; pinyin: là bàn huā),[2] is a species of flowering plant in the witch-hazel family Hamamelidaceae, native to western China.

Growing to 4 m (13 ft) 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.

[3] The Latin specific epithet sinensis means "Chinese" or "of China".

sinensis[8] are recipients of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.