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Weakley's
Flora (
4/7/08
):
Theaceae
Stewartia ovata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database:
Theaceae
Stewartia ovata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular
Flora of the Carolinas (1968):
Theaceae
124-01-002
Stewartia ovata
Common Name:
Mountain Camellia, Mountain Stewartia
Shrub
Tree
Perennial
Deciduous
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
Documented growing
wild in
GA
NC
SC
Look for it in mesic forests, esp acidic bluffs, often in openings in rhododendron thickets ("hells"), in the Coastal Plain of VA restricted to ravines, per Weakley's Flora
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map, click
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...Moist
Leaves:
Simple
Alternate
Flower:
Summer
White
Bisexual
5 sepals (rarely 6-7)
5 petals (rarely 6-7)
Numerous stamens, adnate to the petals
Superior ovary
Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
To learn more about
this plant, look it up in a good book!
Gardening with Native Plants of the South p086
Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p102
Landscaping with Native Trees p119
Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p094
Trees of the Southeastern US p243
Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p35
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