Clethraceae
Mountain sweetpepperbush
Clethra acuminata
- Family
- Clethraceae
- Genus
- Clethra
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Mountain sweetpepperbush
- Finnish
- Appalakkienkletra
Synonyms
- Clethra alnifolia var. michauxii (Courtois) G.Nicholson
- Clethra glauca Pers.
- Clethra glauca Steud.
- Clethra michauxii Courtois
- Clethra montana Fraser ex Loisel.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Averater, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Cait Massie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dguendel, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Francis Groeters, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.