an evergreen herb native to eastern North America and temperate Asia, with white, pink, or blue flowers
shortia in American English
(ˈʃɔrtiə)
US
noun
any of a genus (Shortia, family Diapensiaceae, order Diapensiales) of evergreen, dicotyledonous plants withnodding, bell-shaped, white flowers on long stalks; esp., an American species (S. galacifolia) native to the mountains of the Carolinas
Word origin
ModL, after C. W. Short (1794-1863), U.S. horticulturist + -ia