Comptonia

Comptonia
Comptonia peregrina foliage
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Myricaceae
Genus:	Comptonia
Species:	C. peregrina
Binomial name
Comptonia peregrina (L.) J.M.Coulter
Synonyms
Comptonia aspleniifolia (L.) L'Hér.

Comptonia is a monotypic genus (containing only Comptonia peregrina) in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. It is native to eastern North America, from southern Quebec south to the extreme north of Georgia, and west to Minnesota. The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not a fern.

It is a deciduous shrub, growing to 1.5 m tall. The leaves of the plant are linear to lanceolate, 3-15 cm long and 0.3-3 cm broad, with a modified dentate, pinnately lobed margin; they give off a sweet odor, especially when crushed. The flowers are imperfect, meaning that no one flower has both gender parts. It tends to grow on dry sandy sites, and is associated with pine stands.

Comptonia peregrina is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including Bucculatrix paroptila, Grey Pug, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Io moth, and several Coleophora case-bearers: C. comptoniella, C. peregrinaevorella (which feeds exclusively on Comptonia), C. persimplexella, C. pruniella and C. serratella. It is also a non-legume nitrogen fixer.

Several fossil species, such as Comptonia colombiana have been described, showing that the genus once had a much wider distribution throughout the Northern Hemisphere.

References

• Flora of North America: Comptonia peregrina
• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Comptonia peregrina

This Fagales article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Fagales stubs Flora of North America Flora of Michigan Monotypic plant genera Myricaceae Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу Singles Box Set 1981–1985 And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street Look at other dictionaries: Comptonĭa — (C. Gaertn.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Myriceae, Monöcie, Triandrie L., eigentlich nur Untergattung von Myrica; Art: C. asplenifolia, 6–8 Fuß hoher Strauch in Nordamerika, enthält Benzoesäure u. wird gegen Durchfälle u. Blutflüsse… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon Comptonia —   Comptonia …   Wikipedia Español Comptonia — noun one species: sweet fern • Syn: ↑genus Comptonia • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Myricaceae, ↑family Myricaceae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary Comptonia — ID 20939 Symbol Key COMPT Common Name sweet fern Family Myricaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT …   USDA Plant Characteristics Comptonia asplenifolia — noun deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers • Syn: ↑sweet fern, ↑Comptonia peregrina • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Comptonia, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary Comptonia peregrina — noun deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers • Syn: ↑sweet fern, ↑Comptonia asplenifolia • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Comptonia, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary Comptonia peregrina — klajoklinis ūgras statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Sotvarinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Comptonia peregrina), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Comptonia peregrina angl. sweet fern šaltinis Valstybinės lietuvių… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas) Comptonia asplenifolia — Sweet Sweet, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[=e]te; akin to OFries. sw[=e]te, OS. sw[=o]ti, D. zoet, G. s[ u]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[ae]tr, s[oe]tr, Sw. s[ o]t, Dan. s[ o]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English Comptonia peregrina — ID 20940 Symbol Key COPE80 Common Name sweet fern Family Myricaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC …   USDA Plant Characteristics Comptonia L'Hér. ex Aiton — Symbol COMPT Common Name sweet fern Botanical Family Myricaceae …   Scientific plant list 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”