| Author | N.E. Brown | |
| Distribution | Outer Coastal Plain only. Specimens have been verified for Carteret and Duplin counties. First collected in 1965 in both counties, and again in Carteret in 1967. A specimen from Mecklenburg County was a cultivated plant transplanted from a garden in Raleigh, Wake County.
Native of South Africa and adjacent countries. Commonly planted, and often escaped, in montane areas of Central and South America. | |
| Abundance | Rare. | |
| Habitat | Edge of maritime forest, edge of swamp, roadsides. | |
| Phenology | Flowers from late June to late July. | |
| Identification | When flowering Montbretia is easy to ID, with its rich orange to orange-red, 6-parted flowers. Plants grow 1-2 feet tall, the leaves iris-like and equitant (a good term to know; look it up), and a bit shorter than the flower stalk. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNA | |
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