...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Coastal 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 alnifolia
FAMILY
Cyrillaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clethra alnifolia
FAMILY
Clethraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 143-01-002a:
Clethra alnifolia var. alnifolia
FAMILY
Clethraceae
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Sweet-pepperbush, Coastal White-alder
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_clal3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_clal3_006_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160416_264
April Lowndes County GA
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_clethra_alnifolia_2
July
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_clethra_alnifolia_3
July
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_clethra_alnifolia_4b
July
Pedicels 2-4mm, shortly stellate-hairy; bract shorter than flower, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_clethra_alnifolia_4c
July
Bright white flowers in showy terminal racemes beyond the uppermost leaves, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm0308a_16
August Williamsburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0508h_06b
August Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Small flowers with long stamens, a protruding style, and a spicy fragrance, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm0508h_08b
August Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Fruit a hairy, spherical capsule within a persistent calyx, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm0509a_25
September Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow s050902_g
September Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Leaves sharply toothed (on upper half of blade), w parallel lateral veins, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
COMPARE
leaves of Clethra and Itea