Scientific Name: Clethra acuminata Michx.

Caption: Mountain Sweet Pepperbush

Photographer: Annkatrin Rose

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueridgekitties/5958167636/

Locality: Cherokee Woods, North Carolina, United States (36.098783, -81.801028)

Notes: I could smell something along the Rough Ridge trail and I suspect it was this shrub - Clethra acuminata. They are reported to have "spicily perfumed" flowers and indeed they don't smell like your typical sweet flower smell. The spicy seeds were apparently used

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