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| | Floridata: Clethra alnifolia |
 | | Sweet pepperbush has a wonderful fragrance, showy flowers, attracts butterflies, grows in the shade, blooms in mid summer, has nice fall color, stays small - in short, sweet pepperbush is one of the finest deciduous shrubs in cultivation. |
 | | Clethra is the only genus in the family, Clethraceae, which is very closely related to the heath family, Ericaceae. |
 | | Besides this one North American species, there are about 40 other species of Clethra which occur in eastern and southeastern Asia. |
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