Clethra scabra is a shrub or tree growing in habitats from in altitude, native to the eastern Andes and adjacent montane woodlands and Chaco of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and northwest Argentina. It is able to reach in height, and is known to flower during March. It bears simple ovate to elongate and slightly obovate leaves in length and in width. These leaves tend to bear stellate hairs, and have prominent veins upon their abaxial face. The white flowers are small, borne upon a terminal spray of racemes.[1]