Vascular Plants of North Carolina
Section: Common Name: Scientific Name: Family:
Account for Strict Blue-eyed-grass - Sisyrinchium montanum var. crebrum   Fernald
Members of Iridaceae:
Members of Sisyrinchium with account distribution info or public map:
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AuthorFernald
DistributionReports and specimens of S. montanum, no matter which variety (var. montanum or var. crebrum), need to be confirmed for NC. FNA and Kartesz map neither south of PA. NCNHP lists var. crebrum in Alleghany, McDowell, and Rutherford counties. Website editors are developing reliable characters to separate S. montanum from S. mucronatum.

"NL (Newfoundland) and ON south to NY and n. NJ" (Weakley 2022a).

Abundance"The status of this taxon in our area is not clear. S. montanum var. crebrum is reported for VA by F, and S. montanum (variety not specified) is reported for NC and VA by C and G. FNA considers var. crebrum to range south only to NY, and var. montanum south only to OH and PA. Herbarium documentation is needed." (Weakley 2022a). The NCNHP has re-ranked this taxon as SU (Undetermined) and with a Watch List (W3) status -- undocumented. The website editors suggest a State Rank of SR (Reported) is better.
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State RankSU [SR]
Global RankG5T5
State StatusW3
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