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Accession Data:

Clethra alnifolia L.

  • Common Name: Sweet Pepper-Bush
  • Family: Clethraceae Klotzsch.

  • Country of Origin: coastal eastern USA and Canada
  • Habitat: Acidic woods and wetlands

  • USDA Zone: 3b-9b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201100233
  • Source: Matt Opel
  • Provenance: MR Opel #287, swamp edge near UConn Ice Rink, Storrs, Ct, USA
  • Accession Date: 09-20-2011
  • Bench: 5000 - Garden - TBD
    • Currently: awaiting assessment
    • Qty: 4 confirmed on 11-09-2016

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: asterids
  • Order: Ericales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Clethraceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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2013

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Nova Scotia / Connecticut / Maine / Masachusettes / New Hampshire / New Jersey / New York / Pennsylvania / Rhode I. / West Virginia / Texas / Alabama / Florida / Georgia / Louisiana / Mississippi / North Carolina / South Carolina / Tennessee / Virginia

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, September 21, 2017.
  2. WCSP (2017). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, September 21, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 22 Nov 2022 11:45:20 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Clethraceae

  • Clethra alnifolia W/C
  • Clethra barbinervis W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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