Clethra alnifolia, the coastal sweetpepperbush or summersweet, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Clethra of the family Clethraceae, native to eastern North America from southern Nova Scotia and Maine south to northern Florida, and west to eastern Texas.
Form | shrub |
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Fruit type | Capsule |
Fruit season | Fall, Summer |
Leaf arrangement | Alternate |
Simple/compound | Simple |
Evergreen or deciduous | Deciduous |
Leaf shape | Ovate |
Leaf margin | Toothed |
Venation | Parallel |
Flower color | white |
Bloom time | Summer |