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Family
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- Clethraceae – Clethra or White Alder family
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Flower
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- 8 mm (3/8 inch) head
- white with a sweet fragrance
- style is protruding
- arranged in an erect cluster at the end of branch
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Leaf
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- as long as 7.5 cm (3 inches)
- triangular with broadly-pointed tip
- no teeth from base to middle of leaf, middle to tip has sharp teeth
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Location
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- in most of eastern North America
- found in wetlands and sandy wooded areas
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Flowering Time
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Other
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- plant is a shrub with many branches and leaves and can be from 90-300 cm (3-10 feet) tall
- usually found in groups
- fruit is a small, round peppercorn
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