Lilium pyrophilum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Lilium
Species:
L. pyrophilum
Binomial name
Lilium pyrophilum
M.W.Skinner & Sorrie

Lilium pyrophilum, the sandhills lily,[1] is a North American species of plant in the lily family. It is endemic to the Sandhills region of southern Virginia, North Carolina and northern South Carolina, in the eastern United States.[2][3]

Lilium pyrophilum produces a rhizomatous bulbous root system which is occasionally branched. The plant grows to 0.6-1.6 m (*) It has long narrow, slightly pointed leaves arranged in a variable number of whorls around the stem. The leaves may be upright or drooping. The yellow or yelloworange inflorescence is borne on racemes of 17 flowers, they are pendant and not fragrant. The petals can be reddish, reddishorange, dusky red or magenta towards the tip and marked with magenta spots and turned back in a "turks cap" shape. The anthers are magenta or purple. It blooms from late July to midAugust. Lilium pyrophilum is also named the "Sandhills lily" from its restricted location where it benefits from regular brush fires.[1]

Lilium pyrophilum is botanically related to Lilium superbum, with which it may be confused, and Lilium michauxii with which it can cross-pollinate.[1]

By observations it appears that the ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilocus colubris) may be involved in the pollination of this flower and the Palamedes swallowtail butterfly also pollinates this lily.[1]

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