View source for Clethra tomentosa

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|accepted_name=Clethra tomentosa
|accepted_authority=Lamarck in J. Lamarck et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl.
|place=2: 46. 1786,
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|common_names=Downy sweet pepperbush
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Clethra alnifolia var. pubescens
|authority=Aiton
|rank=variety
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|name=Clethra alnifolia var. tomentosa
|authority=(Lamarck) Michaux
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Clethraceae;Clethra;Clethra tomentosa
|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 tomentosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 365
|treatment_page=page 366
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>1–2 m. <b>Stems</b> ± terete; young shoots woolly-tomentose. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0.5–1(–1.5) cm; blade obovate (widest distal to midpoint), 6–9(–11) × 3–4(–5) cm, base cuneate to rounded, margins obscurely to clearly toothed, especially distally (proximalmost tooth averaging 3.4 cm distal to base), apex obtuse to subacute, surfaces woolly-tomentose abaxially, with sparse, short-stellate hairs adaxially, especially when young. <b>Inflorescences</b> in clusters of 2–4, (8–)10–16(–19) cm, axis densely stellate-hairy. <b>Pedicels</b> 2–3.5 mm, proximalmost averaging 2.9 mm, hairy; bract shorter than flower, proximalmost 4–6 mm, stellate-hairy. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 3.5–5 × 1–1.5 mm, stellate-hairy; petals white, 5–8 × 4–5 mm; filaments 4–6 × 0.4–0.5(–0.7) mm, glabrous; anthers ca. 1.5 mm; style 3.5–5 mm, downy, hairs simple. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose, 2.5–4 × 3.5–5.3 mm. <b>Seeds</b> ca. 1 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Damp woods and swamps, 0-100 m
|distribution=Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.
|discussion=<p><i>Clethra tomentosa</i> flowers later than <i>C. alnifolia</i> when the two are grown together; it has long been treated as a species in Europe (J. D. Wann 1997), where it has been cultivated since about 1850. Although leaf blade dimensions are essentially the same in the two species, <i>C. tomentosa</i> has consistently shorter petioles, woolly-tomentose new shoots, and shorter, hairy styles.</p>
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name=Clethra tomentosa
|authority=Lamarck in J. Lamarck et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Clethra alnifolia var. pubescens;Clethra alnifolia var. tomentosa
|basionyms=
|family=Clethraceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Damp woods and swamps, 0-100 m
|distribution=Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl.
|publication year=
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Clethra
|species=Clethra tomentosa
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