Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clethra tomentosa
FAMILY
Cyrillaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clethra alnifolia
FAMILY
Clethraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 143-01-002b:
Clethra alnifolia var. tomentosa
FAMILY
Clethraceae
COMMON NAME:
Downy Sweet-pepperbush, Downy 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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Sam Pratt sbp_081413_1910
August Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
If recognized at varietal rank, the correct name is var. pubescens, per Weakley's Flora.
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Sam Pratt sbp_081413_1910b
August Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Leaves oblanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, densely tomentose beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
leaves of Clethra and Itea
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Sam Pratt sbp_2092
October Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Stamens and stigmas long-exserted, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clethra tomentosa
FAMILY
Cyrillaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clethra alnifolia
FAMILY
Clethraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 143-01-002b:
Clethra alnifolia var. tomentosa
FAMILY
Clethraceae
3572
Shrub
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Uncommon
Look for it in pocosins, swamps, streambanks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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