Comptonia peregrina Medicinal Plants Baptisia arachnifera is the most

Baptisia arachnifera is the most unique member of the genus

Since Polystichum acrostichoides holds onto its leaves for several years

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Cypripedium tibeticum makes a small 8" tall clump

Comptonia peregrina Medicinal Plants Baptisia arachnifera is the mostI am not a fern I am a shrub and a fragrant one at that! The common name, sweet fern, sums up its namesake well. Comptonia hails from Canada south to northern Georgia, where it is usually found on sandy dry soils in full sun as well as under an open canopy of sparse pine trees. The thick, fern like, green leaves are deliciously fragrant, as is common in its family, Myricaceae think wax myrtles. Comptonia peregrina spreads by short stolons, so don't