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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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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_clethra_alnifolia_4b
July
Pedicels 2-4mm, shortly stellate-hairy; bract shorter than flower, per Flora of North America.
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.
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.
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.
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