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Stewartia pseudocamellia |
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Japanese Stewartia |
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Japan |
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Usually a large shrub or small tree, with
upright branches and a bushy habit. |
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Capable of growing to 60 feet tall, but usually
smaller under landscape conditions. |
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Flowers are white, with 5 petals, cup-shaped, to 2½ inches wide, fragrant, borne solitary, and showy. |
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July-August |
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Leaves are alternate, simple, 1-3½ inches
long, elliptic, both ends tapered, remotely and
finely toothed, dark green in color. |
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Fall color is a beautiful orange to scarlet. |
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Bark is reddish, mottled, smooth, peeling off in
large flakes. Exfoliating bark is quite
ornamental. |
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Fruit is a 5 angled, woody, hairy capsule, about
¾ inch long. |
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E.H. Wilson introduced this species from
China in 1901. |
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