Sweet fern is a shrub that looks like a fern. It is native to the eastern U.S. and has beautifully scalloped, deciduous leaves and small, wind-pollinated catkins in the spring. It is an aromatic astringent herb, used mainly to control bleeding, diarrhea, and as a wash for poison ivy rash. This plant can be difficult to establish, transplant, and propagate but is worth the effort.
– Deni Bown, Promising Plants Presentation, 2003 Comptonia peregrina
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