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Comptonia, genus Comptonianoun
one species: sweet fern
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comptonia
Comptonia is a monotypic genus in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. It is native to certain regions of North America. The single type species is Comptonia peregrina, commonly known as sweetfern or sweet-fern. It is a deciduous shrub noted for its aromatic narrow, fern-like leaves. Its name honors the Reverend Henry Compton (1632–1713), Bishop of London, a patron of botany.
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Comptonia
Comptonia is a monotypic genus 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, 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.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of comptonia in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of comptonia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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