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|accepted_name=Clethra alnifolia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 396. 1753 ,
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|common_names=Coastal sweet pepperbush;summersweet
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Clethra alnifolia var. glabella
|authority=Michaux
|rank=variety
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|name=Clethra alnifolia var. michauxii
|authority=Zabel
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Clethra alnifolia var. paniculata
|authority=(Aiton) Rehder
|rank=variety
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|name=Clethra paniculata
|authority=
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Clethraceae;Clethra;Clethra alnifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Clethraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Clethra]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Clethra alnifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 366
|treatment_page=page 365
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>1–3 m. <b>Stems</b> ± terete; young shoots puberulent. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 2.5–3.5(–6) cm; blade obovate to oblong (widest distal to midpoint), 5–9(–12) × 2–4(–6) cm, base cuneate to rounded, margins obscurely to clearly toothed, especially distally (proximalmost tooth averaging 3.4 cm distal to base), apex obtuse to acute, surfaces sparsely hairy and glabrescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b> solitary or in clusters of 2–4, (6–)9–15(–19) cm, axis sparsely stellate-hairy. <b>Pedicels</b> 2–4 mm, proximalmost averaging 3 mm, shortly stellate-hairy; bract shorter than flower, proximalmost 5–7 mm, shortly stellate-hairy. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 3.5–5 × 1–1.5 mm, stellate-pubescent; petals white (rarely pink abaxially or on both surfaces), 5–8 × 4–5 mm; filaments 4–6(–6.5) × 0.2–0.3(–0.4) mm, glabrous; anthers 1–1.3 mm; style 6–7 mm, hairy in proximal 1/2, hairs simple, straight. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose, 2.5–4 × 3.5–5.3 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 1–1.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16, 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Broad-leaved swamps, Chamaecyparis swamps, wet pine forests, sometimes in dry, sandy woods and rocky, acidic ridge tops
|elevation=0-200 (-400) m
|distribution=N.S.;Ala.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Clethra alnifolia
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Clethra alnifolia var. glabella;Clethra alnifolia var. michauxii;Clethra alnifolia var. paniculata;Clethra paniculata
|basionyms=
|family=Clethraceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Broad-leaved swamps, Chamaecyparis swamps, wet pine forests, sometimes in dry, sandy woods and rocky, acidic ridge tops
|elevation=0-200 (-400) m
|distribution=N.S.;Ala.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Clethra
|species=Clethra alnifolia
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