Clethraceae
Coastal sweetpepperbush
Clethra alnifolia
- Family
- Clethraceae
- Genus
- Clethra
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 桤叶山柳, 甜胡椒
- Croatian
- Lažna joha
- Czech
- Jochovec olšolistý
- Danish
- Almindelig konvalbusk, Konvalbusk
- Dutch
- Clethra, Schijn-els
- English
- Coastal sweetpepperbush
- Macedonian
- Слатка пиперка
- Slovak
- Jochovec olšolistý
Synonyms
- Clethra alnifolia f. alnifolia
- Clethra alnifolia f. paniculata (Sol.) Schelle
- Clethra alnifolia f. rosea Rehder
- Clethra alnifolia var. alnifolia
- Clethra alnifolia var. denudata Aiton
- Clethra alnifolia var. glabella Michx.
- Clethra alnifolia var. paniculata Rehder
- Clethra alnifolia var. paniculata (Sol.) G.Nicholson
- Clethra alnifolia var. rosea (Rehder) Rehder
- Clethra angustifolia Raf.
- Clethra bracteata Raf.
- Clethra dentata Aiton
- Clethra incana Pers.
- Clethra paniculata Aiton
- Clethra pubescens Willd.
- Clethra pumila Raf.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: cnnpenteles, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: cnnpenteles, 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: Rozas Librada, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, 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.