Sisyrinchium montanum
Greene · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Sisyrinchium montanum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 572 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI12 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics24 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Sisyrinchium montanum, the blue-eyed-grass, American blue-eyed-grass, or strict blue-eyed grass, is a grass-like species of plant from the genus Sisyrinchium, native to northern North America from Newfoundland west to easternmost Alaska, and south to Pennsylvania in the east, and to New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains. It has also been introduced to parts of France, likely during the First World War. It is very similar to S. angustifolium, with which it is sometimes combined.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology9
Life cycle & reproduction6
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment6
Physiology & chemistry2
Other traits1
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Sisyrinchium montanum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Sisyrinchium montanum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 966×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 +2
2n 324×CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
n 482×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78
n 431×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
12×1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type7 572 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions86 of 139 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 147 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 113 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 112 |
| Québec, CA | 105 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 73 |
| Chadron, US | 65 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 63 |
| Saint John, CA | 62 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 54 |
| Denver, US | 50 |
| Bronx, US | 47 |
| Green Bay, US | 43 |
| Madison, US | 42 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 41 |
| Burlington, US | 37 |
| Albuquerque, US | 37 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 34 |
| Bozeman, US | 32 |
| WINlocation not on record | 32 |
| Missoula, US | 31 |
| Spearfish, US | 30 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 30 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 27 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 27 |
| Vancouver, CA | 24 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 23 |
| Toronto, CA | 23 |
| Montréal, CA | 21 |
| Moscow, US | 20 |
| Montréal, CA | 18 |
| Salzburg, AT | 18 |
| Lincoln, US | 18 |
| University of Lethbridgelocation not on record | 16 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 15 |
| Helsinki, FI | 13 |
| New Haven, US | 12 |
| Zürich, CH | 12 |
| St. Paul, US | 11 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 11 |
| Bern, CH | 10 |
| University of Winnipeglocation not on record | 9 |
| Mlocation not on record | 9 |
| Philadelphia, US | 9 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 8 |
| Victoria, CA | 8 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 8 |
| LDlocation not on record | 7 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 7 |
| Tampa, US | 7 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 6 |
| USFS/BHSClocation not on record | 6 |
| CJBNlocation not on record | 6 |
| Ypsilanti, US | 6 |
| Science Museum of Minnesotalocation not on record | 6 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 6 |
| Flagstaff, US | 6 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 5 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 5 |
| Zürich, CH | 5 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 5 |
| Olocation not on record | 5 |
| Durham, US | 5 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 4 |
| Paris, FR | 4 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 4 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 4 |
| Pullman, US | 4 |
| Wlocation not on record | 4 |
| Provo, US | 4 |
| Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record | 3 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 3 |
| Auckland, NZ | 3 |
| Pittsburg, US | 3 |
| Lubbock, US | 3 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Tartu, EE | 3 |
| Oulu, FI | 3 |
| Fort Worth, US | 3 |
| Grand Junction, US | 3 |
| Brussel, BE | 2 |
| EL PASO, US | 2 |
| Oswego, US | 2 |
| Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record | 2 |
| Millersville, US | 2 |
| Bangkok, TH | 2 |
| Lausanne, CH | 2 |
| Turlock, US | 2 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 2 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Tallinn, EE | 2 |
| Brookings, US | 2 |
| LPMMBHlocation not on record | 2 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| Xiamen, CN | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| USFSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Claremont, US | 2 |
| Hudson, US | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| Bergen, NO | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 1 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 1 |
| Portland, US | 1 |
| Saint Louis, US | 1 |
| McGill University, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 1 |
| Richmond, US | 1 |
| Institute of the biological problems of the North FEB RASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Görlitz, DE | 1 |
| Whitewater, US | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| München, DE | 1 |
| Uppsala, SE | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Durango, US | 1 |
| Tempe, US | 1 |
| MAlocation not on record | 1 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| Kingston, US | 1 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| Trois-Rivières, CA | 1 |
| Mohonk Preservelocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 1 |
| IWEP FEB RASlocation not on record | 1 |
| H-AkrKGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 1 |
| Mount Pleasant, US | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Sisyrinchium montanum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.