CLETHRACEAE - - Clethra Family

Clethra acuminata Michaux — Mountain Sweet-pepperbush

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Flowers / Leaves

Mountain Sweet-pepperbush (Clethra acuminata) - Shrub or small tree to 6 m. tall; leaves ovate-elliptic or elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 8-20 cm. long, tip acuminate, base broad-cuneate or rounded, margin serrulate, pubescent beneath at least on the veins; flowers secund, in usually solitary racemes 8-20 cm. long, densely pubescent; capsules ovoid, 5 mm. long, nodding.

Habitat:

Moist forests, heath balds, margins of rock outcrops at high elevations.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

Distribution

The range of Clethra acuminata (Mountain Sweet-pepperbush)

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].

The Georgia range of Clethra acuminata (Mountain Sweet-pepperbush)

Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.