Comptonia peregrina

Sweetfern
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Myricaceae
Genus:	Comptonia
Species:	C. peregrina
Binomial name
	Comptonia peregrina; (L.) Coult.
Synonyms
	Comptonia aspleniifolia (L.) L'Hér. ; Comptonia ceterach Mirb. ; Comptonia peregrina var. aspleniifolia (L.) Fernald ; Comptonia peregrina var. tomentosa A.Chev. ; Liquidambar aspleniifolia (L.) L. ; Liquidambar peregrina L. ; Myrica aspleniifolia L. ; Myrica aspleniifolia var. tomentosa (A.Chev.) Gleason ; Myrica comptonia C.DC. ; Myrica peregrina (L.) Kuntze ;

Comptonia peregrina is a species of flowering plant in the family Myricaceae native to eastern North America. It is the only extant (living) species in the genus Comptonia, although a number of extinct species are placed in the genus.

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