Lilium pyrophilum 4b Shortia is a member of

Shortia is a member of the tiny Diapensiaceae family

well-drained soils that don't stay waterlogged

the clump is topped with tiny clusters of blue flowers in early spring

are smothered with 1-2" wide flowers resembling cups of red wine

Lilium pyrophilum 4b Shortia is a member ofThis recently named lily, found sporadically in 16 counties in NC Virginia, was first thought to be a disjunct population of the federally endangered L. iridollae and at times considered as both L. superbum and L. michauxii. After exhaustive analysis, it was christened a new species, L. pyrophilum. This long leaf pine habitat endemic is found in full sun, growing in sandy pitcher plant bogs. L. pyrophilum grows from an unusual horizontally expanding,