Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Clethra alnifolia

sweet pepperbush
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

sweet pepperbush

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Clethra alnifolia

Familia:

Clethraceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

shrub

Tamaño:

3-10 ft tall by 2-5 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white

Color de la fruta:

brown

Fenología:

Deciduous. Blooms in spring. Moderately long-lived (Nelson 2003).

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Aroma/Showy Fruitsagrance

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Hedges, back borders. Blooms in summer.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Quality Nurseries, Native Nurseries

Propagación:

Seed, division or softwood cuttings

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun, Shade

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Stays wet -a- Not wet but not extremely dry

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salt.

Suelo u otro sustrato:

pH del suelo:

acidic

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B

Las zonas del USDA se basan en la temperatura mínima extrema invernal anual promedio.

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
Vouchered
Not vouchered
Selected
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Starting…
Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Birds, Mammals

Attracts butterflies and bees which have evolved to take advantage of narrow, tubular flowers. 

Attracts hummingbirds.





Birds and other small wildlife consume the seed ( https://wildflower.org ) 

Hábitats nativos:

Moist-wet areas, acid soils. Wet flatwoods, savannas, swamps, stream banks, bogs, other wet areas.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

The herbarium specimen from Polk County almost certainly has a wrong location.  Lithia is in Hillsborough County and the most likely translation of a wrongly written latitude and longitude is also in Hillsborough County -- but the exact location would have been agricultural in 1962.  
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell. (1999). Native Florida Plants. Gulf Publishing Company. Houston, TX.


Nelson, Gil. (2003). Florida's Best Landscape Plants: 200 Readily Available Species for Homeowners and Professionals. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


North Carolina State Extension. (Undated). North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. ( https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/ ). North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University, Greensboro, NC.


Osorio, Rufino. (2001). A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


University of Tennessee Extension Service. (2010). Desired pH Range and salt tolerance of common nursery plants. ( https://plantsciences.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/10/Desired-pH-Range-List.pdf ). Accessed 2025. University of Tennessee Extension, Knoxville.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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