...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Mountain Sweet-pepperbush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clethra acuminata
FAMILY
Clethraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clethra acuminata
FAMILY
Clethraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 143-01-001:
Clethra acuminata
FAMILY
Clethraceae
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Sweet-pepperbush, Cinnamonbark, Cinnamon Clethra, Mountain White-alder
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_clac3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm130420_513
April Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm130420_518
April Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm060508_036
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
Its shreddy reddish (cinnamon-like) bark is distinctive, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm060723_167
July Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_acuminata_7_23_06_3
July Towns-Union Counties GA
Brasstown Bald
Pedicels 2-6(-11)mm, stellate-hairy; bract longer than flower, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_acuminata_7_23_06_5
July Towns-Union Counties GA
Brasstown Bald
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JK Marlow jkm120815_729
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Flowers in terminal racemes or narrow panicles, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm120815_730
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Sepals and rachis woolly, white, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm120815_735
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves oblong or elliptic, 8-20 cm long, acuminate, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves of Clethra and Itea
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JK Marlow jkm150827_876
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Capsules subglobose, dehiscence loculicidal, enclosed by persistent calyx, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm150827_877
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0310f_34
October Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Fruit matures in autumn and persists through winter, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm0310f_36
October Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
The bark is reddish-brown and thin, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm0511c_28
November Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden