Theaceae > Stewartia (wild camellia) |
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Silky Camellia (Stewartia malacodendron)
Planted specimen, Duke Gardens, Durham Co., NC
30 May 2013A rare to uncommon large shrub/small tree in North Carolina, this Stewartia grows mainly in mesic forests in the coastal plain, and rarely westward to the mountains in NC. |
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Silky Camellia (Stewartia malacodendron)
Planted specimen, Duke Gardens, Durham Co., NC
30 May 2013Flowers are impressively attractive! |
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Silky Camellia (Stewartia malacodendron)
Planted specimen, Duke Gardens, Durham Co., NC
30 May 2013Flowers have many stamens and the styles are fused into a single structure with a 5-parted stigma. |
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Silky Camellia (Stewartia malacodendron)
Planted specimen, Duke Gardens, Durham Co., NC
30 May 2013 |
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Silky Camellia (Stewartia malacodendron)
Planted specimen, Duke Gardens, Durham Co., NC
30 May 2013Leaves occur in horizontal planes. |
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Silky Camellia (Stewartia malacodendron)
Planted specimen, Duke Gardens, Durham Co., NC
30 May 2013 |
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Silky Camellia (Stewartia malacodendron)
Planted specimen, Duke Gardens, Durham Co., NC
30 May 2013Leaves are silky/ciliate. |
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Silky Camellia (Stewartia malacodendron)
Planted specimen, Duke Gardens, Durham Co., NC
30 May 2013Bark |
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Mountain Camellia (Stewartia ovata)
Planted specimen, Duke Gardens, Durham Co., NC
30 May 2013Uncommon to rare in the North Carolina piedmont and mountains, Mountain-Camellia is a handsome large shrub to small tree found in mesic forested habitats. |
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Mountain Camellia (Stewartia ovata)
Planted specimen, Duke Gardens, Durham Co., NC
30 May 2013Leaves are elliptic-ovate with acuminate tips. |
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Mountain Camellia (Stewartia ovata)
Planted specimen, Duke Gardens, Durham Co., NC
30 May 2013Leaves are pubescent with ciliate margins. |
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Mountain Camellia (Stewartia ovata)
Planted specimen, Duke Gardens, Durham Co., NC
30 May 2013 |
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Mountain Camellia (Stewartia ovata)
Planted specimen, Duke Gardens, Durham Co., NC
30 May 2013 |
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Mountain Camellia (Stewartia ovata)
Planted specimen, Duke Gardens, Durham Co., NC
30 May 2013Bark is colorful and peely in young specimens and becomes diamond-ridged in older individuals. |
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Mountain Camellia (Stewartia ovata)
Planted specimen, Duke Gardens, Durham Co., NC
30 May 2013Leaves occur in horizontal planes causing the plant to look similar to a Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) from a distance. |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.