This largely northeastern diploid (2n = 16) has often been treated as S. roseus Michx. Typical lanceolatus includes S. roseus var. perspectus Fassett, and in Ky. it is known only from high elevation on Black Mt. Reports from Ky. of the southern Appalachian S. roseus var. roseus and the largely upper midwestern var. longipes (Fern.) Fassett appear to be erroneous or dubious (M; Campbell et al. 1992). Colls. of good longipes were reported from ROWA by Carr & Cohn (1941), but plants have not been relocated in the woods. Is it possible that the species had been artificially transplanted from Cornell, New York, where the authors also worked?