Difference between revisions of "Comptonia peregrina"

(Linnaeus) J. M. Coulter

Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 127. 1894.

Common names: Sweet-fern comptonie voyageuse
EndemicSelected by author to be illustratedWeedy
Basionym: Liquidambar peregrina Linnaeus
Synonyms: Comptonia ceterach Mirbel Comptonia peregrina var. asplenifolia (Linnaeus) Fernald Comptonia peregrina var. tomentosa A. Chevalier Myrica asplenifolia (Linnaeus) Kuntze Myrica comptonia unknown Myrica peregrina unknown
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Revision as of 18:18, 18 September 2019

Shrubs, to 1.5 m, forming rhizomatous colonies. Branchlets red-brown to gray, pilose to villose, sometimes puberulent. Leaves: stipules nearly cordate, long-acuminate. Leaf blade very aromatic when crushed, 3-15.5 × 0.3-2.9 cm, lobes alternate to nearly opposite, base truncate, cuneate to attenuate, or oblique, apex acute; surfaces abaxially pale gray-green, densely pilose to puberulent, adaxially dark green, densely pilose to glabrate, gland-dotted, especially adaxially. Inflorescences: staminate in clusters at ends of branches, elongating to 5 cm, bracts broadly ovate to trullate, margins ciliate, apex acute to long-acuminate, abaxially gland-dotted; pistillate to 5 mm at anthesis, elongating in fruit to 2 cm, bracteoles to 1.3 cm, pilose, gland-dotted. Fruits 2.5-5.5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering spring, fruiting summer.
Habitat: Dry, sterile, sandy to rocky soils in pinelands or pine barrens, clearings, or edges of woodlots
Elevation: 0-1800 m

Distribution

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N.B., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Conn., Del., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.C., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Comptonia peregrina has been reported from Tennessee (Scott County), but I have not seen any specimens.

Many Native American tribes used different parts of Comptonia peregrina variously: as an incense for ritual ceremonies; for medicinal purposes; as a stimulant or tonic; as a food seasoning; and as a poison (D. A. Moerman 1986).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Dry, sterile, sandy to rocky soils in pinelands or pine barrens, clearings, or edges of woodlots +
Flowering spring, fruiting summer. +
Mem. Torrey Bot. Club +
Endemic +, Selected by author to be illustrated +  and Weedy +
Comptonia ceterach +, Comptonia peregrina var. asplenifolia +, Comptonia peregrina var. tomentosa +, Myrica asplenifolia +, Myrica comptonia +  and Myrica peregrina +
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