Sweet pepperbush

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Clethra alnifolia, the coastal sweetpepperbush or summer sweet, 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. It is a deciduous shrub which grows in wetlands, bogs and woodland streams.

• It belongs to the Clethraceae family. ^iNaturalist
• USDA PLANTS describes it as a shrub with a perennial life cycle. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS lists it as native in the lower 48 states and records it in 20 states. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• NatureServe lists it as native to New Hampshire. ^NatureServe
• In New Hampshire, most iNaturalist sightings of it in flower come in July–August. ^iNaturalist
• USDA PLANTS lists its flower color as white. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS gives its bloom period as summer. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS lists a mature height of about 16 ft. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• iNaturalist has 537 research-grade sightings of it in New Hampshire, ranking #71 among the 109 flowers on our New Hampshire list. ^iNaturalist