NameThatPlant.net: Clethra alnifolia

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Clethra alnifolia FAMILY Cyrillaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Coastal Sweet-pepperbush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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

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Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: pocosins, blackwater swamp forests, nonriverine swamp forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
White
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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